## Copyright (C) 2007 David Bateman
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} gmap40 (@var{n})
## Create a color colormap. The colormap is red, green, blue, yellow,
## magenta and cyan. These are the colors that are allowed with patch
## objects using gnuplot 4.0, and so this colormap function is specially
## designed for users of gnuplot 4.0.  The argument @var{n} should be 
## a scalar.  If it is omitted, a length of 6 is assumed. Larger values
## of @var{n} result in a repetition of the above colors
## @seealso{colormap}
## @end deftypefn

function map = gmap40 (number)

  if (nargin == 0)
    number = 6;
  elseif (nargin == 1)
    if (! isscalar (number))
      error ("gmap40: argument must be a scalar");
    endif
  else
    print_usage ();
  endif

  if (number >= 1)
    map = repmat ([1, 0, 0; 0, 1, 0; 0, 0, 1; 1, 1, 0; 1, 0, 1; 0, 1, 1],
		  ceil (number / 6), 1) (1:number, :);
  else
    map = [];
  endif

endfunction