r.colors.out - GRASS manual
Author: GRASS Development Team
Description: r.colors.out: Exports the color table associated with a raster map.
Keywords: raster, color table, export

## NAME

r.colors.out - Exports the color table associated with a raster map.

## KEYWORDS

raster, color table, export

## SYNOPSIS

r.colors.out
r.colors.out --help
r.colors.out [-p] map=name [rules=name] format=name color_format=name [--overwrite] [--help] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--ui]

### Flags:

-p
  Output values as percentages
--overwrite
  Allow output files to overwrite existing files
--help
  Print usage summary
--verbose
  Verbose module output
--quiet
  Quiet module output
--ui
  Force launching GUI dialog

### Parameters:

map=name [required]
  Name of raster map
rules=name
  Path to output rules file
  If not given write to standard output
format=name [required]
  Output format
  Options: plain, json
  Default: plain
  plain: Plain text output
  json: JSON (JavaScript Object Notation)
color_format=name [required]
  Color format
  Color format for output values.
  Options: rgb, hex, hsv, triplet
  Default: hex
  rgb: output color in RGB format
  hex: output color in HEX format
  hsv: output color in HSV format (experimental)
  triplet: output color in colon-separated RGB format

## DESCRIPTION

r.colors.out allows the user to export the color table for a raster map to a file which is suitable as input to r.colors.

## EXAMPLES

    r.colors.out map=el_D782_6m rules=rules.txt
    r.colors map=el_D783_6m rules=rules.txt
    r.colors.out map=el_D782_6m rules=rules.json format=json

## SEE ALSO

r.colors

## AUTHOR

Glynn Clements

## SOURCE CODE

Available at: r.colors.out source code (history)

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