How can I convert a color name to a 3 element RGB vector?

Question

In many MATLAB plotting functions, you can specify the color as either a string or as a 3 element vector that directly lists the red, green, and blue values.

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Answer 1

In case there isn't, I just hacked one together

function rgbvec = char2rgb (charcolor)
%function rgbvec = char2rgb (charcolor)
%
%converts a character color (one of 'r','g','b','c','m','y','k','w') to a 3
%value RGB vector
%if charcolor is a string (vector of chars), the result is a Nx3 matrix of
%color values, where N is the length of charcolor

if (~exist(charcolor,'var') || ~ischar(charcolor))
    warning('RGB2VEC:NOTC', 'You must pass a character (rgbcmykw)');
    rgbvec = [0 0 0];
    return;
end
rgbvec = zeros(length(charcolor), 3);
charwarning = false;
for j = 1:length(charcolor)
    switch(lower(charcolor(j)))
        case 'r'
            rgbvec(j,:) = [1 0 0];
        case 'g'
            rgbvec(j,:) = [0 1 0];
        case 'b'
            rgbvec(j,:) = [0 0 1];
        case 'c'
            rgbvec(j,:) = [0 1 1];
        case 'm'
            rgbvec(j,:) = [1 0 1];
        case 'y'
            rgbvec(j,:) = [1 1 0];
        case 'w'
            rgbvec(j,:) = [1 1 1];
        case 'k'
            rgbvec(j,:) = [0 0 0];
        otherwise
            charwarning = true;
    end
end

if (charwarning)
    warning('RGB2VEC:BADC', 'Only r,g,b,c,m,y,k,and w are recognized colors');
end