v.colors.out(1)

NAME
v.colors.out - Exports the color table associated with a vector map.

KEYWORDS
vector, color table, export

SYNOPSIS
v.colors.out
v.colors.out --help
v.colors.out [-p] map=name [layer=string] [rules=name] [column=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 vector map
    Or data source for direct OGR access

layer=string
    Layer number or name
    Vector features can have category values in different layers. This number determines which layer to use. When used with direct OGR access this is the layer name.
    Default: 1

rules=name
    Path to output rules file
    If not given write to standard output

column=name
    Name of attribute (numeric) column to which refer color rules
    If not given, color rules refer to categories

DESCRIPTION
v.colors.out allows the user to export the color table for a vector map to a file which is suitable as input to v.colors.

EXAMPLES

v.colors.out map=soils_general rules=rules.txt
v.colors map=soils_wake rules=rules.txt

SEE ALSO
v.colors, r.colors, r3.colors, r.colors.out, r3.colors.out

AUTHOR
Martin Landa, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic

SOURCE CODE

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

Accessed: Monday Jul 13 00:51:23 2026

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