Size and complexity of color sets

Color sets are classified by size and by complexity.

A color set is compound if it is constructed from other color sets, otherwise it is simple.

Color sets can be classified as large or small. This distinction determines which predefined functions are meaningful for a particular color set.

A color set is large if it contains too many (default 100) elements to enumerate, otherwise it is small.

• Unit color set, Boolean color set, Index color sets, and Enumeration color set are small.
• Integer color sets are small if and only if they include the with specification and contain no more than 100 elements.
• String color sets are small if and only if they include the with…and specification and contain no more than 100 elements.
• Product color sets, Record color sets, and Union color sets are small if and only if all their component color sets are small and contain no more than 100 elements.
• List color sets are small if and only if their component color set is small and they include the with specification and contain no more than 100 elements.
• Subset color sets are small if and only if either their component color set is small or their subset specification is a list and contains no more than 100 elements.