Poor man's Python version of R's rainbow(...) function.

gistfile1.py

from itertools import cycle
rainbow = cycle([ 
    '#FF0000', '#00FF00', '#0000FF', '#FFFF00', '#FF00FF', '#00FFFF', '#000000', 
    '#800000', '#008000', '#000080', '#808000', '#800080', '#008080', '#808080', 
    '#C00000', '#00C000', '#0000C0', '#C0C000', '#C000C0', '#00C0C0', '#C0C0C0', 
    '#400000', '#004000', '#000040', '#404000', '#400040', '#004040', '#404040', 
    '#200000', '#002000', '#000020', '#202000', '#200020', '#002020', '#202020', 
    '#600000', '#006000', '#000060', '#606000', '#600060', '#006060', '#606060', 
    '#A00000', '#00A000', '#0000A0', '#A0A000', '#A000A0', '#00A0A0', '#A0A0A0', 
    '#E00000', '#00E000', '#0000E0', '#E0E000', '#E000E0', '#00E0E0', '#E0E0E0'
])

color1 = rainbow.next()
color2 = rainbow.next()