r.colors.out(1grass)

r.colors.out(1grass) GRASS User's Manual r.colors.out(1grass)

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)

Accessed: Thursday Jun 18 12:47:35 2026

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