How about `grDevices` (e.g., `palette()`, `palette.colors()`)

[msberends]

See ?grDevices::palette (below). These functions are 'base' R 4.* functions, but not part of the base package. Should the backports package also incorporate these?

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Set or View the Graphics Palette

Description

View or manipulate the color palette which is used when col= has a numeric index and supporting functions.

Usage

palette(value)
palette.pals()
palette.colors(n = NULL, palette = "Okabe-Ito", alpha, recycle = FALSE)

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[mllg]

I'm not sure where to find the corresponding change in R. Can you point to an R NEWS entry or (even better) a svn revision?

[msberends]

Not sure what you mean, but hopefully this can point you into a direction, from the official dev blog of r-project.org:

hcl.colors(): https://developer.r-project.org/Blog/public/2019/04/01/hcl-based-color-palettes-in-grdevices/

palette.colors(): https://developer.r-project.org/Blog/public/2019/11/21/a-new-palette-for-r/