Using discrete custom color in a plotly heatmap

Question

I\'m trying to generate a plotly heatmap, where I\'d like the colors to be specified by a discrete scale.

Here\'s what I mean:

Gene

Answer 1

Let's get a discrete colorscale

df_colors = data.frame(range=c(0:11), colors=c(0:11))
color_s <- setNames(data.frame(df_colors$range, df_colors$colors), NULL)
for (i in 1:12) {
  color_s[[2]][[i]] <- interval.cols[[(i + 1) / 2]]
  color_s[[1]][[i]] <-  i / 12 - (i %% 2) / 12
}

And get a nice colorbar by setting ticktext and squeezing it (len=0.2)

colorbar=list(tickmode='array', tickvals=c(1:6), ticktext=levels(mat.intervals), len=0.2)

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All the code which needs to be added to your example

df_colors = data.frame(range=c(0:11), colors=c(0:11))
color_s <- setNames(data.frame(df_colors$range, df_colors$colors), NULL)

for (i in 1:12) {
  color_s[[2]][[i]] <- interval.cols[[(i + 1) / 2]]
  color_s[[1]][[i]] <-  i / 12 - (i %% 2) / 12
}


plot_ly(z=c(interval.df$expr), x=interval.df$sample, y=interval.df$gene, colorscale = color_s, type = "heatmap", hoverinfo = "x+y+z", colorbar=list(tickmode='array', tickvals=c(1:6), ticktext=levels(mat.intervals), len=0.2))