Primer design system palette

The Primer design system data visualization palette.

Usage

pal_primer(palette = c("mark17"), alpha = 1)

Arguments

palette

Palette type. Currently there is one available option: "mark17" (17-color palette).

alpha

Transparency level, a real number in (0, 1]. See alpha in grDevices::rgb() for details.

References

GitHub (2025). "Primer data visualization colors." https://primer.style/product/ui-patterns/data-visualization/

Author

Nan Xiao | me@nanx.me | https://nanx.me

Examples

library("scales")
show_col(pal_primer("mark17")(17))

show_col(pal_primer("mark17", alpha = 0.6)(17))