############ nice colorblind pallete found at http://www.cookbook-r.com/Graphs/Colors_(ggplot2)/ ###############
cbbPalette <- c("#000000", "#E69F00", "#56B4E9", "#009E73", "#F0E442", "#0072B2", "#D55E00", "#CC79A7")


############ another nice pallete from http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/colorblind/img/colorblindness.palettes.simple.png #############

## ordering from dark to light

# indistinguishible pairs for tritanopia:
#                  *--------------------*          *------------------------------------------------------*          *---------------------*
#                  |                    |          |                                                      |          |                     |
cbpalette <- c("#016E82", "#8115A0", "#005AC8", "#00A0FA", "#F978FA", "#18D2DC", "#AA093C", "#FA7850", "#10B45A", "#F0F031", "#A1FA82", "#FAE6BE")

## ordering for categories (for maximum contrast)
# the last three colors are from the tritanopia pairs above
cbpalette <- c("#016E82", "#F978FA", "#10B45A", "#FA7850", "#18D2DC", "#AA093C", "#A1FA82", "#8115A0", "#FAE6BE", "#005AC8", "#F0F031", "#00A0FA")