[OT] two question about color space.

Hi,

For a good discussion of the link between colour and spectra I would
suggest,

http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/specrend/

which provides an open-source C code to perform the conversion you  
ask
for. I asked for some advice on how to wrap a R function around this
code last week but sadly I didn't get anywhere. Do let me know if you
succeed. (alternatively, one could port the implementation in pure R
as the code is not too complicated or computationally demanding).

Hope this helps,

baptiste

I have visited the site before I posted my question. I don't know  
what's
the relationship between black body spectra and specific wavelength.
And frankly, I don't understand C.

I have translate a Fortran code
(http://www.isc.tamu.edu/~astro/color/spectra.html) to R as given  
below,
however, I don't know how to modify it and make it could accept a
vector, e.g., 380:780, as input.

And when plot a line, how to color the line using different color?

Thanks in advance!
Jinsong

wl2rgb <- function(wl, gamma) {
   if (missing(gamma)) gamma <- 1
   if (wl >= 380 & wl <= 440) {
       r <- -1 * (wl - 440) / (440 - 380)
       g <- 0
       b <- 1
   }
   if (wl >= 440 & wl <= 490 ) {
       r <- 0
       g <- (wl - 440) / (490 - 440)
       b <- 1
   }
   if (wl >= 490 & wl <= 510) {
       r <- 0
       g <- 1
       b <- -1 * (wl - 510) / (510 - 490)
   }
   if (wl >= 510 & wl <= 580) {
       r <- (wl - 510) / (580 - 510)
       g <- 1
       b <- 0
   }
   if (wl >= 580 & wl <= 645) {
       r <- 1
       g <- -1 * (wl - 645) / (645 - 580)
       b <- 0
   }
   if (wl >= 645 & wl <= 780) {
       r <- 1
       g <- 0
       b <- 0
   }
   s <- 1
   if (wl > 700) {
       s <- .3 + .7 * (780 - wl) / (780 - 700)
   }
   if ( wl < 420) {
       s <- .3 + .7 * (wl - 380) / (420 - 380)
   }
   r <- as.integer(255 * (s * r)^gamma)
   g <- as.integer(255 * (s * g)^gamma)
   b <- as.integer(255 * (s * b)^gamma)
   return(rgb(r, g, b, maxColorValue = 255))
}