import random import colorsys import numpy as np import matplotlib matplotlib.use('agg') import matplotlib.pyplot as plt from matplotlib.colors import LinearSegmentedColormap def generate_colors(nlabels, type='bright', first_color_black=False, last_color_black=True, verbose=False): # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14720331/how-to-generate-random-colors-in-matplotlib """ Creates a random colormap to be used together with matplotlib. Useful for segmentation tasks :param nlabels: Number of labels (size of colormap) :param type: 'bright' for strong colors, 'soft' for pastel colors :param first_color_black: Option to use first color as black, True or False :param last_color_black: Option to use last color as black, True or False :param verbose: Prints the number of labels and shows the colormap. True or False :return: colormap for matplotlib """ if type not in ('bright', 'soft'): print ('Please choose "bright" or "soft" for type') return if verbose: print('Number of labels: ' + str(nlabels)) # Generate color map for bright colors, based on hsv if type == 'bright': randHSVcolors = [(np.random.uniform(low=0.0, high=1), np.random.uniform(low=0.2, high=1), np.random.uniform(low=0.9, high=1)) for i in range(nlabels)] # Convert HSV list to RGB randRGBcolors = [] for HSVcolor in randHSVcolors: randRGBcolors.append(colorsys.hsv_to_rgb(HSVcolor[0], HSVcolor[1], HSVcolor[2])) if first_color_black: randRGBcolors[0] = [0, 0, 0] if last_color_black: randRGBcolors[-1] = [0, 0, 0] random_colormap = LinearSegmentedColormap.from_list('new_map', randRGBcolors, N=nlabels) # Generate soft pastel colors, by limiting the RGB spectrum if type == 'soft': low = 0.6 high = 0.95 randRGBcolors = [(np.random.uniform(low=low, high=high), np.random.uniform(low=low, high=high), np.random.uniform(low=low, high=high)) for i in range(nlabels)] if first_color_black: randRGBcolors[0] = [0, 0, 0] if last_color_black: randRGBcolors[-1] = [0, 0, 0] random_colormap = LinearSegmentedColormap.from_list('new_map', randRGBcolors, N=nlabels) # Display colorbar if verbose: from matplotlib import colors, colorbar from matplotlib import pyplot as plt fig, ax = plt.subplots(1, 1, figsize=(15, 0.5)) bounds = np.linspace(0, nlabels, nlabels + 1) norm = colors.BoundaryNorm(bounds, nlabels) cb = colorbar.ColorbarBase(ax, cmap=random_colormap, norm=norm, spacing='proportional', ticks=None, boundaries=bounds, format='%1i', orientation=u'horizontal') return randRGBcolors, random_colormap