brewsearch

Query color sight impairment values that were previously computed and return in macros.

brewsearch – is a program used to query brewscheme data sources to retrieve RGB values and/or simulated RGB values for different forms of color sight impairment.

Syntax

brewsearch RGB_varname

Description

brewsearch is a simple program used to search for a color by RGB value or the name of the color and will return the local macros: rgb, achromatopsia, protanopia, deuteranopia, and tritanopia.

Returned Values

Examples

Ex 1.

Search for a color using RGB values

// Search an RGB color string
brewsearch "255 127 14"

// Display the returned values
ret li

macros:
         r(tritanopia) : "255 117 126"
       r(deuteranopia) : "206 153 0"
         r(protanopia) : "183 162 25"
      r(achromatopsia) : "146 146 146"
                r(rgb) : "255 127 14"

Ex 2.

Example of how errors (e.g., unfound colors) are handled

// Search a named color style that does not exist on the system
brewsearch "xkcd7327"

// Display the returned values
ret li

macros:
         r(tritanopia) : "xkcd7327"
       r(deuteranopia) : "xkcd7327"
         r(protanopia) : "xkcd7327"
      r(achromatopsia) : "xkcd7327"
                r(rgb) : "xkcd7327"

Ex 3.

Search for an xkcd named color style

// Search a named color style that does exist if the user installed the XKCD colors
brewsearch "xkcd327"

// Display the returned values
ret li

macros:
         r(tritanopia) : "198 236 255"
       r(deuteranopia) : "255 218 50"
         r(protanopia) : "255 231 0"
      r(achromatopsia) : "218 218 218"
                r(rgb) : "168 255 4"

Ex 4.

Search for a Stata named color style

// Display a known color style
brewsearch "ltbluishgray"

// Display the returned values
ret li

macros:
         r(tritanopia) : "236 239 255"
       r(deuteranopia) : "255 232 245"
         r(protanopia) : "244 239 241"
      r(achromatopsia) : "240 240 240"
                r(rgb) : "234 242 243"