Color palette for financial graphs (price index, returns, distributions etc...)

I need the RGB values of a color palette with red, green, blue and maybe some others to draw financial charts.

I like the excel theme colors (especially the 2n row from the bottom) but the red and green are not vivid enough:

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All suggestions are welcome, especially those used to publish in journals!

Answer 1

[Fangjun Jiang]

In Excel, click menu Tools>Options then click the Color tab, you'll see the color palette, select the color you like, then click Modify..., then click the Custom tab, you will see the RGB values of that color. Is this what you want, or do you want the whole steps be automated?

[Oleg Komarov]

I was aware of the manual steps and I am not looking for a way to automate it. I wanted samples of color palettes tested for publication.