Author: Hansjoerg Neth
Date: 2025-09-02

# All color palettes

#### Hansjoerg Neth

#### 2025-09-02

This vignettes provides an overview of the color palettes provided by the unicol package. (See the Using color palettes vignette for information on how to use the unicol color palettes.)

We install and load the unicol package to get started:

    # install.packages('unicol')  # install unicol from CRAN client
    library('unicol')             # load the package

## Overview

The unicol package currently provides 273 color palettes from 116 institutions.

Table 1 provides an overview of all included institutions and color palettes. Clicking on the name of a color palette opens the corresponding page of the online reference.

Overview of 273 unicol palettes (from 116 institutions).
| University / Institution | Country | Color palette | N of colors
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1 | Aalto University | Finland | aalto_1 | 3
2 | Aalto University | Finland | aalto_2 | 6
3 | Aarhus University | Denmark | aarhus | 20
4 | Aberystwyth University | UK | aberystwyth_1 | 2
5 | Aberystwyth University | UK | aberystwyth_2 | 6
6 | Arizona State University | USA | asu_1 | 4
7 | Arizona State University | USA | asu_2 | 7
8 | Arizona State University | USA | asu_3 | 9
9 | Australian National University | Australia | anu_1 | 4
10 | Australian National University | Australia | anu_2 | 4
11 | Boston University | USA | bu | 2
12 | Brown University | USA | brown_1 | 4
13 | Brown University | USA | brown_2 | 4
14 | California Institute of Technology | USA | caltech_1 | 8
15 | California Institute of Technology | USA | caltech_2 | 5
16 | California Institute of Technology | USA | caltech_3 | 8
17 | Cardiff University | UK | cardiff_1 | 12
18 | Cardiff University | UK | cardiff_2 | 9
19 | Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) | USA | cmu_1 | 5
20 | Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) | USA | cmu_2 | 6
21 | Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) | USA | cmu_3 | 6
22 | Columbia University | USA | columbia_1 | 2
23 | Columbia University | USA | columbia_2 | 6
24 | Columbia University | USA | columbia_3 | 5
25 | Concordia University | Canada | concordia_1 | 8
26 | Concordia University | Canada | concordia_2 | 4
27 | Concordia University | Canada | concordia_3 | 9
28 | Concordia University | Canada | concordia_4 | 5
29 | Cornell University | USA | cornell_1 | 3
30 | Cornell University | USA | cornell_2 | 3
31 | Cornell University | USA | cornell_3_accent | 9
32 | Dartmouth College | USA | dartmouth_1 | 1
33 | Dartmouth College | USA | dartmouth_2 | 8
34 | Dartmouth College | USA | dartmouth_3 | 10
35 | Duke University | USA | duke_1 | 2
36 | Duke University | USA | duke_2 | 18
37 | ETH Zurich | Switzerland | eth_1 | 7
38 | ETH Zurich | Switzerland | eth_2 | 7
39 | ETH Zurich | Switzerland | eth_3 | 7
40 | Free University Berlin | Germany | fu_0_2023 | 2
41 | Free University Berlin | Germany | fu_1 | 2
42 | Free University Berlin | Germany | fu_1_2023 | 11
43 | Free University Berlin | Germany | fu_2 | 11
44 | Free University Berlin | Germany | fu_2_2023 | 10
45 | Free University Berlin | Germany | fu_3 | 11
46 | Free University Berlin | Germany | fu_3_2023 | 10
47 | Free University Berlin | Germany | fu_4 | 4
48 | Harvard University | USA | harvard_1 | 2
49 | Harvard University | USA | harvard_2 | 4
50 | Harvard University | USA | harvard_3 | 8
51 | Humboldt University Berlin | Germany | hu_1 | 2
52 | Humboldt University Berlin | Germany | hu_1_2022 | 3
53 | Humboldt University Berlin | Germany | hu_1_digital | 2
54 | Humboldt University Berlin | Germany | hu_2 | 8
55 | Humboldt University Berlin | Germany | hu_2_2022 | 6
56 | Humboldt University Berlin | Germany | hu_3_accent | 9
57 | Johns Hopkins University | USA | jhu_0 | 3
58 | Johns Hopkins University | USA | jhu_1 | 2
59 | Johns Hopkins University | USA | jhu_2 | 6
60 | Johns Hopkins University | USA | jhu_3_accent | 13
61 | Johns Hopkins University | USA | jhu_4_gray | 3
62 | Kiel University | Germany | uni_kiel_1 | 3
63 | Kiel University | Germany | uni_kiel_2 | 8
64 | LMU Munich | Germany | lmu_1 | 3
65 | LMU Munich | Germany | lmu_2 | 4
66 | LMU Munich | Germany | lmu_3 | 5
67 | Lancaster University | UK | lancaster_1 | 3
68 | Lancaster University | UK | lancaster_2 | 19
69 | Laval University | Canada | laval | 6
70 | Lund University | Sweden | lund_1 | 2
71 | Lund University | Sweden | lund_2 | 5
72 | Lund University | Sweden | lund_3 | 5
73 | Macquarie University | Australia | mq_1 | 7
74 | Macquarie University | Australia | mq_2 | 4
75 | Manchester University | USA | manchester_uni_1 | 3
76 | Manchester University | USA | manchester_uni_2 | 4
77 | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg | Germany | uni_halle | 8
78 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | USA | mit | 4
79 | Max Planck Society | Germany | mpg | 5
80 | McGill University | Canada | mcgill_brights | 6
81 | McGill University | Canada | mcgill_darks | 7
82 | McGill University | Canada | mcgill_grey | 1
83 | McGill University | Canada | mcgill_muted | 6
84 | McGill University | Canada | mcgill_pastels | 6
85 | McGill University | Canada | mcgill_red | 1
86 | McMaster University | Canada | mcmaster_brighterworld | 7
87 | McMaster University | Canada | mcmaster_heritage | 3
88 | Memorial University of Newfoundland | Canada | mun_1 | 6
89 | Memorial University of Newfoundland | Canada | mun_2 | 12
90 | Michigan State University | USA | msu | 6
91 | Monash University | USA | monash_1 | 6
92 | Monash University | USA | monash_2 | 9
93 | NYU, New York University | USA | nyu_1 | 3
94 | NYU, New York University | USA | nyu_2 | 5
95 | NYU, New York University | USA | nyu_accent | 4
96 | NYU, New York University | USA | nyu_neutral | 6
97 | National University of Ireland Maynooth | Ireland | maynooth | 4
98 | Northwestern University | USA | northwestern_1 | 22
99 | Northwestern University | USA | northwestern_2 | 12
100 | Ohio University | USA | ohio_uni_1 | 3
101 | Ohio University | USA | ohio_uni_2 | 8
102 | Oxford University | UK | oxford_blog | 6
103 | Oxford University | UK | oxford_brand | 4
104 | Oxford University | UK | oxford_error | 4
105 | Oxford University | UK | oxford_general | 11
106 | Oxford University | UK | oxford_graduate | 12
107 | Oxford University | UK | oxford_link | 5
108 | Oxford University | UK | oxford_shades | 7
109 | Oxford University | UK | oxford_socialmedia | 11
110 | Princeton University | USA | princeton_0 | 2
111 | Princeton University | USA | princeton_1 | 3
112 | Princeton University | USA | princeton_2 | 3
113 | Queen’s University | Canada | queensu_1 | 3
114 | Queen’s University | Canada | queensu_2 | 11
115 | RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau | Germany | rptu | 12
116 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) | USA | rpi_1 | 5
117 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) | USA | rpi_2 | 3
118 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) | USA | rpi_3 | 12
119 | Simon Fraser University | Canada | sfu_brand | 4
120 | Stanford University | USA | stanford_1 | 15
121 | Stanford University | USA | stanford_2 | 42
122 | Stanford University | USA | stanford_3 | 9
123 | Trinity College Dublin | Ireland | trinity_1 | 12
124 | Trinity College Dublin | Ireland | trinity_2 | 55
125 | University College Cork | Ireland | ucc_1 | 6
126 | University College Cork | Ireland | ucc_2 | 8
127 | University College Dublin | Ireland | ucd | 7
128 | University of Auckland | New Zealand | auckland_1 | 5
129 | University of Auckland | New Zealand | auckland_2 | 10
130 | University of Bangor | UK | bangor_1 | 4
131 | University of Bangor | UK | bangor_2 | 16
132 | University of Bangor | UK | bangor_3 | 8
133 | University of Bangor | UK | bangor_4 | 4
134 | University of Bergen | Norway | bergen_1 | 4
135 | University of Bergen | Norway | bergen_2 | 30
136 | University of Bergen | Norway | bergen_3 | 5
137 | University of Bergen | Norway | bergen_4 | 6
138 | University of Birmingham | UK | birmingham | 6
139 | University of Bonn | Germany | uni_bonn_1 | 3
140 | University of Bonn | Germany | uni_bonn_2 | 12
141 | University of British Columbia | Canada | ubc | 7
142 | University of Calgary | Canada | ucalgary_1 | 2
143 | University of Calgary | Canada | ucalgary_2 | 4
144 | University of Calgary | Canada | ucalgary_accent | 4
145 | University of Calgary | Canada | ucalgary_warmgreys | 2
146 | University of California, Berkeley | USA | berkeley_1 | 4
147 | University of California, Berkeley | USA | berkeley_2 | 12
148 | University of California, Irvine | USA | uci_1 | 2
149 | University of California, Irvine | USA | uci_2 | 7
150 | University of California, Irvine | USA | uci_3 | 5
151 | University of California, Irvine | USA | uci_4 | 5
152 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | USA | ucla_1 | 3
153 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | USA | ucla_2 | 6
154 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | USA | ucla_3 | 6
155 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | USA | ucla_4 | 3
156 | University of California, San Diego (UCSD) | USA | ucsd_1 | 4
157 | University of California, San Diego (UCSD) | USA | ucsd_2 | 6
158 | University of California, San Diego (UCSD) | USA | ucsd_3 | 4
159 | University of Carleton | Canada | carleton | 2
160 | University of Chicago | USA | uchicago_1 | 4
161 | University of Chicago | USA | uchicago_2 | 23
162 | University of Copenhagen | Denmark | ku_1 | 2
163 | University of Copenhagen | Denmark | ku_2 | 18
164 | University of Dundee | UK | dundee_background | 1
165 | University of Dundee | UK | dundee_block | 5
166 | University of Dundee | UK | dundee_core | 1
167 | University of Dundee | UK | dundee_highlight | 3
168 | University of Edinburgh | UK | edinburgh | 11
169 | University of Florida | USA | uflorida_1 | 2
170 | University of Florida | USA | uflorida_2 | 5
171 | University of Florida | USA | uflorida_3 | 5
172 | University of Freiburg | Germany | uni_freiburg_0 | 3
173 | University of Freiburg | Germany | uni_freiburg_1 | 7
174 | University of Freiburg | Germany | uni_freiburg_2 | 4
175 | University of Freiburg | Germany | uni_freiburg_blue | 3
176 | University of Freiburg | Germany | uni_freiburg_br | 2
177 | University of Freiburg | Germany | uni_freiburg_grey | 8
178 | University of Freiburg | Germany | uni_freiburg_info | 12
179 | University of Galway | Ireland | galway_1 | 5
180 | University of Galway | Ireland | galway_2 | 14
181 | University of Glasgow | UK | glasgow_1 | 12
182 | University of Glasgow | UK | glasgow_2 | 5
183 | University of Goettingen | Germany | uni_goettingen_1 | 4
184 | University of Goettingen | Germany | uni_goettingen_2 | 8
185 | University of Goettingen | Germany | uni_goettingen_3 | 13
186 | University of Gothenburg | Sweden | gothenburg | 1
187 | University of Groningen | Netherlands | groningen_1 | 3
188 | University of Groningen | Netherlands | groningen_2 | 6
189 | University of Guelph | Canada | guelph | 4
190 | University of Hamburg | Germany | uni_hamburg_1 | 4
191 | University of Hamburg | Germany | uni_hamburg_2 | 6
192 | University of Heidelberg | Germany | uni_heidelberg | 3
193 | University of Helsinki | Finland | helsinki_1 | 5
194 | University of Helsinki | Finland | helsinki_2 | 5
195 | University of Helsinki | Finland | helsinki_3 | 7
196 | University of Jena | Germany | uni_jena_1 | 2
197 | University of Jena | Germany | uni_jena_2 | 10
198 | University of Kassel | Germany | uni_kassel | 11
199 | University of Koeln | Germany | uni_koeln_1 | 7
200 | University of Koeln | Germany | uni_koeln_2 | 7
201 | University of Konstanz | Germany | uni_konstanz_1 | 11
202 | University of Konstanz | Germany | uni_konstanz_2 | 9
203 | University of Limerick | Ireland | limerick_1 | 4
204 | University of Limerick | Ireland | limerick_2 | 17
205 | University of Lisbon | Portugal | uni_lisbon | 2
206 | University of Magdeburg | Germany | uni_magdeburg_1 | 6
207 | University of Magdeburg | Germany | uni_magdeburg_2 | 27
208 | University of Magdeburg | Germany | uni_magdeburg_3 | 10
209 | University of Manchester | UK | uni_manchester | 3
210 | University of Manitoba | Canada | manitoba_1 | 4
211 | University of Manitoba | Canada | manitoba_2 | 13
212 | University of Mannheim | Germany | uni_mannheim_1 | 7
213 | University of Mannheim | Germany | uni_mannheim_2 | 7
214 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | USA | umass_1 | 3
215 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | USA | umass_2 | 12
216 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | USA | umass_neutrals | 3
217 | University of Michigan | USA | michigan_1 | 2
218 | University of Michigan | USA | michigan_2 | 13
219 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | USA | minnesotatwin_1 | 2
220 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | USA | minnesotatwin_2 | 8
221 | University of Notre Dame | USA | notredame_1 | 2
222 | University of Notre Dame | USA | notredame_2 | 11
223 | University of Nottingham | UK | nottingham_1 | 6
224 | University of Nottingham | UK | nottingham_2 | 54
225 | University of Nottingham | UK | nottingham_3 | 3
226 | University of Oslo | Norway | oslo | 16
227 | University of Otago | New Zealand | otago | 4
228 | University of Ottawa | Canada | uottawa | 8
229 | University of Pennsylvania | USA | upenn_1 | 2
230 | University of Pennsylvania | USA | upenn_2 | 12
231 | University of Pittsburgh | USA | pitt_1 | 2
232 | University of Pittsburgh | USA | pitt_2 | 3
233 | University of Potsdam | Germany | uni_potsdam | 9
234 | University of Regensburg | Germany | uni_regensburg_1 | 12
235 | University of Regensburg | Germany | uni_regensburg_2 | 12
236 | University of Regensburg | Germany | uni_regensburg_3 | 12
237 | University of St Andrews | UK | standrews_1 | 4
238 | University of St Andrews | UK | standrews_2 | 8
239 | University of Stirling | UK | stirling_1 | 2
240 | University of Stirling | UK | stirling_2 | 15
241 | University of Stirling | UK | stirling_3 | 3
242 | University of Stockholm | Sweden | stockholm_1 | 5
243 | University of Stockholm | Sweden | stockholm_2 | 9
244 | University of Stuttgart | Germany | uni_stuttgart_1 | 4
245 | University of Stuttgart | Germany | uni_stuttgart_print | 6
246 | University of Toronto | Canada | utoronto | 4
247 | University of Ulm | Germany | uni_ulm_1 | 5
248 | University of Ulm | Germany | uni_ulm_2 | 4
249 | University of Victoria | Canada | uvic_1 | 4
250 | University of Victoria | Canada | uvic_2 | 8
251 | University of Waikato | New Zealand | waikato | 8
252 | University of Waterloo | Canada | uwaterloo_arts | 4
253 | University of Waterloo | Canada | uwaterloo_engineering | 4
254 | University of Waterloo | Canada | uwaterloo_environment | 4
255 | University of Waterloo | Canada | uwaterloo_health | 4
256 | University of Waterloo | Canada | uwaterloo_main | 9
257 | University of Waterloo | Canada | uwaterloo_math | 4
258 | University of Waterloo | Canada | uwaterloo_science | 4
259 | University of Wollongong | Australia | wollongong_1 | 4
260 | University of Wollongong | Australia | wollongong_2 | 2
261 | Uppsala University | Sweden | uppsala | 5
262 | Vanderbilt University | USA | vanderbilt_1 | 4
263 | Vanderbilt University | USA | vanderbilt_2 | 4
264 | Vanderbilt University | USA | vanderbilt_3 | 4
265 | Western University | Canada | western_uni | 3
266 | Willamette University | USA | willamette | 6
267 | William & Mary | USA | wm_1 | 2
268 | William & Mary | USA | wm_2 | 2
269 | William & Mary | USA | wm_3 | 10
270 | Yale University | USA | yale | 10
271 | Yeshiva University | USA | yeshiva | 3
272 | York University | Canada | yorku_1 | 3
273 | York University | Canada | yorku_2 | 8

### Illustration

Figure 1 illustrates a random sample of 50 color palettes:

Figure 1: Examples of unicol color palettes.

## Your color palettes

The current range of color palettes included in unicol is selective and incomplete. We are always happy to include new color palettes and institutions from all over the world.

If you are missing a color palette, you can easily create it. For instructions how this can be done, please see the documentation of the `newpal()` function (of the unikn package). The vignette on Institutional colors provides a corresponding example.

Call for contributions: Collecting color palettes

- Are you using the unikn color functions to create your own color palettes?

If you do create a new color palette, please let us know (on this GitHub issue) so that we can include it in future versions of the unicol package. To enable us to verify and provide credit to your contributions, please send us the following information:

1. your code (e.g., the `newpal()` command creating your color palette),
2. your reference or source information (e.g., some URL with color definitions),
3. your name and some contact information (e.g., an Email address).

We’re looking forward to your inputs and contributions (at this GitHub issue)!

## Vignettes

The following vignettes provide an overview of and examples for using the unicol color palettes:

Nr. | Vignette | Content
--- | --- | ---
1. | All color palettes | The color palettes of the unicol R package
2. | Using color palettes | Recipes for using the unicol color palettes