Introduction
The usual ROOT colors suck. The shades are garish, dated and their appearance often changes significantly upon printing. However the full range of colors available in ROOT 5.14 isn't actually that bad. Here are some of the ways of arranging the palettes.
Normal palette (The first 10 colors)
| Number | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Color |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Rainbow
This is the palette you get when you use gStyle->SetPalette(1,0).
| Number | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Color |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Number | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 |
| Color |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Number | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | |
| Color |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |
| Number | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 | |
| Color |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Four shades
These colors appear at the end of the palette.
| Number | 201 | 202 | 203 | 204 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Color |  |  |  |  |
| Number | 205 | 206 | 207 | 208 |
| Color |  |  |  |  |
| Number | 209 | 210 | 211 | 212 |
| Color |  |  |  |  |
| Number | 213 | 214 | 215 | 216 |
| Color |  |  |  |  |
| Number | 217 | 218 | 219 | 220 |
| Color |  |  |  |  |
| Number | 221 | 222 | 223 | 224 |
| Color |  |  |  |  |
| Number | 225 | 226 | 227 | 228 |
| Color |  |  |  |  |
Light to dark
Slight variations on the first few colors.
| Number | 152 | 153 | 154 | 155 | 156 | 157 | 158 | 159 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Color |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Number | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Color | | | | | | | | |
| Number | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 |
| Color |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Complete palette
This is pretty much all you can get without hatching.
| Number | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Color | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  |
| Number | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| Color |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Number | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| Color |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Number | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 |
| Color |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Number | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 |
| Color |  |  | | | | | | | | | | |
| Number | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 |
| Color | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Number | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 |
| Color | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Number | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 |
| Color | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Number | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 |
| Color | | | | |  | | | | | | | |
| Number | 109 | 110 | 111 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 118 | 119 | 120 |
| Color | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Number | 121 | 122 | 123 | 124 | 125 | 126 | 127 | 128 | 129 | 130 | 131 | 132 |
| Color |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Number | 133 | 134 | 135 | 136 | 137 | 138 | 139 | 140 | 141 | 142 | 143 | 144 |
| Color |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Number | 145 | 146 | 147 | 148 | 149 | 150 | 151 | 152 | 153 | 154 | 155 | 156 |
| Color |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | | | | | |
| Number | 157 | 158 | 159 | 160 | 161 | 162 | 163 | 164 | 165 | 166 | 167 | 168 |
| Color | | | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Number | 169 | 170 | 171 | 172 | 173 | 174 | 175 | 176 | 177 | 178 | 179 | 180 |
| Color |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Number | 181 | 182 | 183 | 184 | 185 | 186 | 187 | 188 | 189 | 190 | 191 | 192 |
| Color |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Number | 193 | 194 | 195 | 196 | 197 | 198 | 199 | 200 | 201 | 202 | 203 | 204 |
| Color |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | | | | |
| Number | 205 | 206 | 207 | 208 | 209 | 210 | 211 | 212 | 213 | 214 | 215 | 216 |
| Color | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Number | 217 | 218 | 219 | 220 | 221 | 222 | 223 | 224 | 225 | 226 | 227 | 228 |
| Color | | | | | | | | | | | | |