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