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A string list containing colours for useful-stage energy carriers. These colours were used for Figure 5 of P. E. Brockway, M. K. Heun, Z. Marshall, E. Aramendia, P. Steenwyk, T. Relph, M. Widjanarko, J. J. Kim, A. Sainju, and J. Irtube. A country-level primary-final-useful (CL-PFU) energy and exergy database: Overview of its construction and 1971–2020 world-level efficiency results. Environmental Research: Energy, 1(025005):1–29, June 2024. https://doi.org/10.1088/2753-3751/ad4e39

Usage

useful_carrier_colours

Format

A string list with 30 entries.

AnMech; Animal mechanical work; Animal mechanical\nwork

The colour for Animal mechanical work.

HuMech; Human mechanical work; Human mechanical\nwork

The colour for human mechanical work.

MechW; Mechanical work

The colour for Mechanical work.

Prop; Propulsion

The colour for propulsion.

HPF; High-pressure fluids; High-pressure\nfluids

The colour for High-pressure fluids.

LTH; Low-temperature heat; Low-temperature\nheat

The colour for Low-temperature heat.

MTH; Medium-temperature heat; Medium-temperature\nheat

The colour for medium-temperature heat.

HTH; High-temperature heat; High-temperature\nheat

The colour for High-temperature heat.

LTC; Low-temperature cooling; Low-temperature\ncooling

The colour for Low-temperature cooling.

IP; Information processing

The colour for Information processing.

L; Light

The colour for Light.

Examples

useful_carrier_colours
#>                   AnMech   Animal mechanical work  Animal mechanical\nwork 
#>                "purple1"                "purple1"                "purple1" 
#>                   HuMech    Human mechanical work   Human mechanical\nwork 
#>                "purple4"                "purple4"                "purple4" 
#>                    MechW          Mechanical work                     Prop 
#>                  "pink3"                  "pink3"                  "pink1" 
#>               Propulsion                      HPF     High-pressure fluids 
#>                  "pink1"                 "ivory3"                 "ivory3" 
#>    High-pressure\nfluids                      LTH     Low-temperature heat 
#>                 "ivory3"             "orangered1"             "orangered1" 
#>    Low-temperature\nheat                      MTH  Medium-temperature heat 
#>             "orangered1"             "orangered3"             "orangered3" 
#> Medium-temperature\nheat                      HTH    High-temperature heat 
#>             "orangered3"             "orangered4"             "orangered4" 
#>   High-temperature\nheat                      LTC  Low-temperature cooling 
#>             "orangered4"           "deepskyblue3"           "deepskyblue3" 
#> Low-temperature\ncooling                       IP   Information processing 
#>           "deepskyblue3"             "palegreen4"             "palegreen4" 
#>  Information\nprocessing                        L                    Light 
#>             "palegreen4"                  "gold2"                  "gold2"