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 Package: palettes
 Title: Methods for Colour Vectors and Colour Palettes
-Version: 0.2.0
+Version: 0.2.0.9000
 Authors@R: 
     person(given = "Michael",
            family = "McCarthy",
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+# palettes (development version)
+
 # palettes 0.2.0
 
 - Added a variety of global options to adjust the printing behaviour of colour vectors. See `help("palettes-options")` and `vignette("palettes")` for details and examples (#35).