taxaprisma

Colors and silhouettes images for taxa.

why?

To make it easier to see what kind of higher order taxonomic group a taxon belongs to (e.g. mammal, insect).

install

npm install taxaprisma --save

usage

colorFor

Returns color for taxon path.

var taxaprisma = require('taxaprisma');
var htmlHexColorCode = taxaprisma.colorFor('Animalia Mammalia Homo sapiens');
// ---> '#FF4500'

imageFor

Returns applicable image url for taxon path.

var taxaprisma = require('taxaprisma');
var imageUrl = taxaprisma.imageFor('Animalia Mammalia Homo sapiens');
// ---> 'http://phylopic.org/assets/images/submissions/e5b0cde8-beab-48dc-b77c-d48b16c6a05e.thumb.png'

imageDataUrlFor

Returns inlined image in data url.

var taxaprisma = require('taxaprisma');
var imageUrl = taxaprisma.imageDataUrlFor('Animalia Mammalia Homo sapiens');
// ---> 'data:image/png;base64,...'

imageLicenseFor

Returns the license text for image.

var taxaprisma = require('taxaprisma');
var licenseText = taxaprisma.imageLicenseFor('Animalia Mollusca Polyplacophora Neoloricata')
// ---> 'by Marcello under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/'

Many images were published under cc0 (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) .

css

A css style sheet is also available: taxaprisma.css.

anything missing?

Please open an issue or submit a pull request.

colors and silhouettes

taxon | color | color code | silhouettes --- | --- | --- | --- Fungi | | #F52887 | Plantae| | #73AC13| Insecta| | #FF4500| Mollusca| | #FF4500| Arachnida| | #FF4500 | Aves| | #1E90FF | Reptilia| | #1E90FF | Actinopterygii| | #1E90FF | Elasmobranchii| | #1E90FF | Amphibia| | #1E90FF | Mammalia| | #1E90FF |

origins

colors were inspired by iNaturalist

images obtained through PhiloPic