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+## Copyright (C) 1999,2000  Kai Habel
+##
+## This file is part of Octave.
+##
+## Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+## under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+## the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+## any later version.
+##
+## Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+## WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+## General Public License for more details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+## along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+## Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+## 02110-1301, USA.
+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {} cool (@var{n})
+## Create color colormap. The colormap is cyan to magenta. The argument 
+## @var{n} should be a scalar.  If it is omitted, the length of the current
+## colormap or 64 is assumed.
+## @seealso{colormap}
+## @end deftypefn
+
+## Author:  Kai Habel <kai.habel@gmx.de>
+
+function map = cool (number)
+
+  if (nargin == 0)
+    number = rows (colormap);
+  elseif (nargin == 1)
+    if (! is_scalar (number))
+      error ("cool: argument must be a scalar");
+    endif
+  else
+    print_usage ();
+  endif
+
+  if (number == 1)
+    map = [0, 1, 1];  
+  elseif (number > 1)
+    r = (0:number - 1)' ./ (number - 1);
+    g = 1 - r;
+    b = ones (number, 1);
+    map = [r, g, b];
+  else
+    map = [];
+  endif
+
+endfunction