update NEWS and README

Author: hneth

NEWS.md

@@ -17,9 +17,12 @@ Changes since last release:
 ## Major changes
 
 - New color palettes: 
-    - [Indiana University Bloomington](https://bloomington.iu.edu/index.html) (USA):  
-    
+    - [Indiana University Bloomington](https://bloomington.iu.edu/index.html) (USA): 
+    [`IU_1`](https://hneth.github.io/unicol/dev/reference/IU_1.html), 
+    [`IU_2`](https://hneth.github.io/unicol/dev/reference/IU_2.html), 
+    [`IU_2_dp`](https://hneth.github.io/unicol/dev/reference/IU_2_dp.html) 
 
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 ## Minor changes
@@ -31,7 +34,7 @@ Changes since last release:
 
 ## Details 
 
-- minor updates after CRAN release of **unicol** version 0.4.0 [2025-09-02]
+- revised online documentation of package and color palettes
 
 
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README.Rmd

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-# unicol 0.4.0.9001 <img src = "man/figures/logo.png" align = "right" alt = "unicol::" width = "150px" alt="" />
+# unicol 0.4.0.9002 <img src = "man/figures/logo.png" align = "right" alt = "unicol::" width = "150px" alt="" />
 
 <!-- unicol pkg logo and link: -->
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 ### The colors of your university
@@ -88,8 +104,8 @@ library(unikn)   # for color functions
 
 ## Contents
 
-The **unicol** package currently provides **273 color palettes** from
-**116 institutions**.
+The **unicol** package currently provides **276 color palettes** from
+**117 institutions**.
 
 <!-- **Table\ 1** provides an overview of all color palettes:  -->
 
@@ -98,27 +114,33 @@ palettes](https://hneth.github.io/unicol/articles/color_pals.html)** for
 an overview of included color palettes and institutions.)
 
 <!-- ## Examples  -->
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 <!-- Goal: Show some color palettes and how they can be used: -->
 
 ### Examples of color palettes
 
-<!-- The **unicol** package currently contains **273\ color palettes** from **116\ institutions**.  -->
+<!-- The **unicol** package currently contains **276\ color palettes** from **117\ institutions**.  -->
+
 <!-- Example 1: Random pals (from vignette color_pals.Rmd): -->
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 <!-- Show as a figure: -->
 
-**Figure 1** illustrates 50 random color palettes (with 215 colors):
+**Figure 1** illustrates 50 random color palettes (with 96 colors):
 
 <div class="figure" style="text-align: center">
 
-<img src="man/figures/README-unicol-pals-example-1-figure-1.png" alt="Figure 1: A sample of 50 unicol palettes (containing 215 colors)." width="680px" />
+<img src="man/figures/README-unicol-pals-example-1-figure-1.png" alt="Figure 1: A sample of 50 unicol palettes (containing 96 colors)." width="680px" />
 <p class="caption">
-Figure 1: A sample of 50 unicol palettes (containing 215 colors).
+
+Figure 1: A sample of 50 unicol palettes (containing 96 colors).
 </p>
 
 </div>
 
 <!-- ![Examples of 50 color palettes included in **unicol**.](./man/figures/README-unicol-pals-example-1-figure-1.png) -->
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 <!-- Example 2:  Explorations: Insights into clusters / relations / similar sets -->
 
 ### Using color palettes
@@ -135,7 +157,7 @@ barplot(height = 1:10,
         main = "Using the MIT colors")
 ```
 
-<img src="man/figures/README-example-base-r-1-1.png" width="600px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" />
+<img src="man/figures/README-example-base-r-1-1.png" alt="" width="600px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" />
 
 To modify a color palette (e.g., by resizing the palette or adding
 transparency), we use the `usecol()` function of the
@@ -147,7 +169,7 @@ barplot(height = 1/sqrt(1:16),
         main = "A color gradient of MIT colors")
 ```
 
-<img src="man/figures/README-example-base-r-2-1.png" width="600px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" />
+<img src="man/figures/README-example-base-r-2-1.png" alt="" width="600px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" />
 
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@@ -159,22 +181,23 @@ Here are some some additional examples how the color palettes from
 unikn::seecol(yale, main = "The primary colors of Yale University")
 ```
 
-<img src="man/figures/README-examples-unicol-1.png" width="600px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" />
+<img src="man/figures/README-examples-unicol-1.png" alt="" width="600px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" />
 
 ``` r
 # Demo plots:
 unikn::demopal(berkeley_1, type = 2, main = "The colors of Berkeley, University of California", seed = 3)
 ```
 
-<img src="man/figures/README-examples-unicol-2.png" width="600px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" />
+<img src="man/figures/README-examples-unicol-2.png" alt="" width="600px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" />
 
 ``` r
 unikn::demopal(limerick_1, type = 3, main = "Using the colors of the University of Limerick", seed = 3)
 ```
 
-<img src="man/figures/README-examples-unicol-3.png" width="600px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" />
+<img src="man/figures/README-examples-unicol-3.png" alt="" width="600px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" />
 
 <!-- ## Adding color palettes -->
+
 <!-- Collecting contributed color palettes (in unicol): -->
 
 ## Your color palettes
@@ -235,7 +258,9 @@ available:
 ## References
 
 <!-- Origin / Background / Credit / Course coordinates: -->
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 <!-- Origin:  -->
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 <!-- Uni Konstanz / uni.kn logo and link: -->
 
 <a href = "https://www.uni-konstanz.de">
@@ -256,6 +281,7 @@ following course:
 ### License
 
 <!-- License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (also in Description) -->
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 <a rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"><img alt = "Creative Commons License" align = "right" style = "border-width:0; float: right;" src = "https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-sa/4.0/88x31.png" /></a>
@@ -272,9 +298,13 @@ a work at
 <a xmlns:dct="https://purl.org/dc/terms/" href="https://github.com/hneth/unicol" rel="dct:source">https://github.com/hneth/unicol</a>).
 
 <!-- Relation to unikn:: -->
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 The **unicol** package is based on the R package
@@ -322,12 +352,13 @@ The copyrights to all **unicol** designs remain with their original
 creators.
 
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