static Dictionary <int, Color> GetColorSpectrum()
{
var spectrum = new Dictionary <int, Color>();
int colorIndex = 0;
for (int i = 1; i < 360.0 - 1; i++)
{
Color nextColor = RGBHSL.HSL_to_RGB(new RGBHSL.HSL {
H = (i + 1) / 360.0, S = 1, L = 0.5
});
Color previousColor = RGBHSL.HSL_to_RGB(new RGBHSL.HSL {
H = i / 360.0, S = 1, L = 0.5
});
colorIndex += PercievedColorDistance(nextColor, previousColor);
if (!spectrum.ContainsKey(colorIndex))
{
spectrum.Add(colorIndex, nextColor);
}
}
return(spectrum);
}
// generate the entire spectrum of hues in the hsv color space (this includes magenta, which is not in the wavelength spectrum)
// the key in the dictionary is the cumulative percieved color difference from the previous color
// we're using the color difference because it's really easy to tell apart some colors (like blues) while it's hard to tell apart others (like greens)
/// <summary>
/// Gets colors for players, allies have similar colors
/// </summary>
/// <param name="playerCounts">Array of player counts in different teams</param>
/// <returns>Array of colors in a team</returns>
public static Color[][] GetTeamColors(int[] playerCounts)
{
Dictionary <int, Color> allColors = GetColorSpectrum();
double maxColorIndex = allColors.Max(kvp => kvp.Key);
int teamCount = playerCounts.Length;
var teamColors = new Color[teamCount][];
// part of the spectrum that is used to separate teams
const double colorSeparation = 0.33;
// width of the section of the spectrum that gets assigned to one team
double teamSpectrumSliceWidth = maxColorIndex / teamCount * (1 - colorSeparation);
for (int teamID = 0; teamID < teamCount; teamID++)
{
// color at which the team spectrum slice starts
double startColor = teamID * maxColorIndex / teamCount;
// all colors inside the spectrum slice assigned to the team
KeyValuePair <int, Color>[] teamSpectrum =
allColors.Where(kvp => kvp.Key > startColor && kvp.Key < startColor + teamSpectrumSliceWidth).OrderBy(kvp => kvp.Key).ToArray();
int playerCount = playerCounts[teamID];
var playerColors = new Color[playerCount];
for (int playerID = 0; playerID < playerCount; playerID++)
{
// get equally spaced colors for players inside a team
int playerColorPercentile = playerID * teamSpectrum.Length / playerCount;
Color playerColor = teamSpectrum[playerColorPercentile].Value;
// consecutive colors can be hard to tell apart, so make the brightness vary
playerColor = RGBHSL.SetBrightness(playerColor, playerID % 2 < 0.1 ? 0.4 : 0.6);
playerColors[playerID] = playerColor;
}
teamColors[teamID] = playerColors;
}
return(teamColors);
}