From: Sjoerd C. de Vries on
Actually, I intended to provide you with a function that you could use
in a "ColorFunction -> f" construction. What I posted was just
ColorData[10] // FullForm.

What you need for f would be a part of the result of the latter, i.e.

Function[Part[
List[RGBColor[0.6980392156862745`, 0.01568627450980392`, 0.`],
RGBColor[0.9215686274509803`, 0.49411764705882355`,
0.43137254901960786`],
RGBColor[0.9372549019607843`, 0.6274509803921569`,
0.16862745098039217`],
RGBColor[0.9921568627450981`, 0.8156862745098039`,
0.49019607843137253`],
RGBColor[0.7254901960784313`, 0.8`, 0.07058823529411765`],
RGBColor[0.3176470588235294`, 0.49019607843137253`,
0.0784313725490196`],
RGBColor[0.17254901960784313`, 0.3607843137254902`,
0.07058823529411765`],
RGBColor[0.3607843137254902`, 0.40784313725490196`,
0.5333333333333333`],
RGBColor[0.22745098039215686`, 0.23921568627450981`,
0.45098039215686275`],
RGBColor[0.09803921568627451`, 0.06666666666666667`,
0.25098039215686274`],
RGBColor[0.5607843137254902`, 0.5254901960784314`,
0.5647058823529412`]], Mod[Floor[Slot[1]], 11, 1]]]

Extending the existing schemes is difficult, but you could try to
overload the existing definition.

Unprotect[ColorData];
ColorData[63] = definition_like_above
Protect[ColorData];

There are 62 indexed standard schemes right now. I guess this will
break some of the intelligence built into the color scheme functions
(for instance ColorData["Indexed"] still only reports 62 schemes).

Your company schemes can be done as:

Unprotect[ColorData];
ColorData["XYZ1","XYZ"]= Function[Part[List[RGBColor
[0.6980392156862745`,0.01568627450980392`,1.`],RGBColor
[0.9215686274509803`,0.49411764705882355`,
0.83137254901960786`],RGBColor[0.9372549019607843`,0.6274509803921569`,
0.76862745098039217`],RGBColor[0.9921568627450981`,0.8156862745098039`,
0.99019607843137253`],RGBColor[0.7254901960784313`,0.8`,
0.07058823529411765`],RGBColor[0.3176470588235294`,
0.49019607843137253`,0.3784313725490196`],RGBColor
[0.17254901960784313`,0.3607843137254902`,
0.07058823529411765`],RGBColor[0.3607843137254902`,
0.40784313725490196`,0.5333333333333333`],RGBColor
[0.22745098039215686`,0.23921568627450981`,
0.45098039215686275`],RGBColor[0.09803921568627451`,
0.06666666666666667`,0.25098039215686274`],RGBColor
[0.5607843137254902`,0.5254901960784314`,0.5647058823529412`]],Mod
[Floor[Slot[1]],11,1]]]
Protect[ColorData];

You can now say:

ArrayPlot[{Range[40]}, ColorFunction -> ColorData["XYZ1", "XYZ"],
ColorFunctionScaling -> False, AspectRatio -> .3]

Cheers -- Sjoerd

On Jan 26, 1:43 pm, Luci Ellis <l...(a)verbeia.com> wrote:
> On 2010-01-24 21:40:14 +1100, Sjoerd C. de Vries said:
>
>
>
> > Hi Luci,
>
> > The following is an example of the defintion of an indexed color
> > function:
>
> > ColorDataFunction[10,"Indexed",List[1,11,1],
> > Function[Part[List[
> > <Snip>
> > Mod[Floor[Slot[1]],11,1]]]]
>
> > Cheers -- Sjoerd
>
> > On Jan 23, 2:33 pm, Luci Ellis <l...(a)verbeia.com> wrote:
> >> Dear all,
> >> I'm putting together a package to automate some of the specific time
> >> series and bar chart styles used by my employer. Ultimately I hope to
> >> be able to set it up as a palette/package combination to provide a GUI
> >> that can used in Player Pro.
>
> >> There are many things I am still struggling with. One of them is how t=
o
> >> define standardised indexed color schemes different to the ones that
> >> come built into Mathematica. The idea is that users could choose one o=
f
> >> our standard sets of colors in a (say) ColorScheme option to the
> >> XYZLineChart and XYZBarChart functions I have written, where XYZ is th=
e
> >> acronym of my employer, which you can probably guess by Googling.
>
> >> In other words, what I'm looking for is a way to define XYZColors[n] a=
s
> >> an indexed color scheme, so that:
>
> >> XYZLineChart[data, ColorScheme->XYZColors[3]
> >> PlotStyle->{Directive[AbsoluteThickness[2],Dashed],
> >> AbsoluteThickness[1]}]
>
> >> results in
>
> >> DateListPlot[data, Joined->True, PlotStyle->{Directive[XYZColors[3][1]=
,
> >> AbsoluteThickness[2],Dashed], Directive[XYZColors[3][1],
> >> AbsoluteThickness[1]] } ,
> >> multiple_other_options_defined_in_XYZLineChart]
>
> I now realise that Sjoerd's post doesn't contain the full solution. It
> is the definition for an _existing_ indexed color scheme already
> defined in Mathematica. I would like to define new ones, perhaps with a
> different "class" (here, XYZ), or alternatively as an additional
> "Indexed" color scheme. There just doesn't seem to be a way to extend
> the Mathematica color scheme facility with schemes that work the same
> as the built-in ones.
>
> XYZColors1 =
> ColorDataFunction["XYZ1", "XYZ", List[1, 5, 1], Function[Part[List[
> RGBColor[92./255, 240./255, 251./255],
> RGBColor[250./255, 104./255, 35./255],
> RGBColor[169./255, 174./255, 250./255],
> RGBColor[17./255, 238./255, 35./255],
> RGBColor[255./255, 71./255, 251./255]
> ], Mod[Floor[Slot[1]], 5, 1]]] ]
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Regards,
> Luci