Modifying a Colourbar .ducolbar File

Colour bars are exported as text files (named .ducolbar) and can be manipulated using a text editor.

Insight keeps colourbars stored in the DUG Insight software installation folder e.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\DownUnder GeoSolutions\Insight (version)\colourbars.

A colourbar file consists of:

  • Optional comment lines, starting with the '#' character
  • A line indicating the start of data rows
    • dim1
  • Two or more rows containing colour node definitions: e.g.
    • 0.0 rgb(0, 0, 0)
    • 1.0 rgb(255, 255, 255)

Modifying a colourbar .ducolbar file

Each colour node consists of:

  • a proportion from 0-1, where 0 is the minimum value and 1 is the maximum value
  • a red-green-blue triplet or a red-green-blue-alpha quad
  • red-green-blue triplets are a single, solid colour
    • rgb(red-value, green-value, blue-value)
  • red-green-blue-alpha quads are a single, solid colour with transparency
    • The word 'alpha' denotes the transparency/opacity of the colour range.
      • rgba(red-value, green-value, blue-value, alpha-value)
    • each colour value ranges from 0 to 255 (0 = no output, 255 = max output)
    • the alpha value ranges from 0 to 255 (0 = transparent, 255 = opaque)
    • e.g.
      • 50% grey: rgb(128,128,128)
      • 100% red: rgb(255,0,0)
      • 50% transparent red: rgba(255,0,0,127)
      • black: rgb(0,0,0)
      • white: rgb(255,255,255)

When the colourbar is applied to data, the colour at 0 is mapped to the range minimum, and the colour at 1 is mapped to the range maximum.

Examples of a .ducolbar file 

dim1
    0.0 rgb(153, 0, 0)
    0.5 rgb(255, 255, 255)
    1.0 rgb(15, 15, 157)
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dim1
    0.0 rgba(51, 51, 255, 99)
    0.216 rgba(73, 73, 227, 163)
    0.581 rgba(255, 255, 0, 223)
    1.0 rgb(255, 0, 0)
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