diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index a0e3635f..94927477 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -17,5 +17,3 @@
 ^app*$
 ^page$
 ^demo$
-^\.positai$
-^\.claude$
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 25eb7609..ce227491 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,4 +16,3 @@ app
 page
 demo
 visuals
-.positai
diff --git a/R/generate_colors.R b/R/generate_colors.R
index 9daec605..d7a7cc82 100644
--- a/R/generate_colors.R
+++ b/R/generate_colors.R
@@ -56,25 +56,38 @@
 #'
 #' @export
 generate_colors <- function(n, palette = "viridis", ...) {
-
-  # --- Input validation -------------------------------------------------------
-  if (!is.numeric(n) || length(n) != 1 || n < 1 || n %% 1 != 0) {
+  if (!is.numeric(n) ||
+      length(n) != 1 || n < 1 || n != as.integer(n)) {
     stop("`n` must be a single positive integer.")
   }
-  if (!is.function(palette) && (!is.character(palette) || length(palette) != 1)) {
-    stop("`palette` must be a single character string or a function.")
-  }
 
-  # --- Function passthrough ---------------------------------------------------
+  # Function passthrough — call directly with n and ...
   if (is.function(palette)) {
     return(palette(n, ...))
   }
 
-  # --- Named palette dispatch -------------------------------------------------
+  if (!is.character(palette) || length(palette) != 1) {
+    stop("`palette` must be a single character string or a function.")
+  }
+
+  if (!is.numeric(n) ||
+      length(n) != 1 || n < 1 || n != as.integer(n)) {
+    stop("`n` must be a single positive integer.")
+  }
+  if (!is.character(palette) || length(palette) != 1) {
+    stop("`palette` must be a single character string.")
+  }
+
   palette_lower <- tolower(palette)
 
-  viridis_palettes <- c("viridis", "magma", "plasma", "inferno",
-                        "cividis", "mako", "rocket", "turbo")
+  viridis_palettes <- c("viridis",
+                        "magma",
+                        "plasma",
+                        "inferno",
+                        "cividis",
+                        "mako",
+                        "rocket",
+                        "turbo")
 
   if (palette_lower %in% viridis_palettes) {
     viridisLite::viridis(n = n, option = palette_lower, ...)
@@ -94,42 +107,35 @@ generate_colors <- function(n, palette = "viridis", ...) {
   } else if (palette_lower == "topo") {
     grDevices::topo.colors(n = n, ...)
 
+  } else if (palette %in% rownames(RColorBrewer::brewer.pal.info)) {
+    max_n       <- RColorBrewer::brewer.pal.info[palette, "maxcolors"]
+    fetch_n     <- max(min(n, max_n), 3L)          # clamp to [3, max_n] for brewer.pal()
+    base_colors <- RColorBrewer::brewer.pal(n = fetch_n, name = palette)
+    grDevices::colorRampPalette(base_colors)(n)
+
+  } else if (palette %in% grDevices::palette.pals()) {
+    grDevices::colorRampPalette(palette.colors(palette = palette))(n)
+
+  } else if (palette %in% grDevices::hcl.pals()) {
+    grDevices::hcl.colors(n = n, palette = palette, ...)
+
   } else {
-    # Case-insensitive RColorBrewer lookup
-    brewer_names <- rownames(RColorBrewer::brewer.pal.info)
-    brewer_match <- brewer_names[match(palette_lower, tolower(brewer_names))]
-
-    if (!is.na(brewer_match)) {
-      max_n       <- RColorBrewer::brewer.pal.info[brewer_match, "maxcolors"]
-      fetch_n     <- max(min(n, max_n), 3L)
-      base_colors <- RColorBrewer::brewer.pal(n = fetch_n, name = brewer_match)
-      grDevices::colorRampPalette(base_colors)(n)
-
-    } else {
-      # Case-insensitive grDevices palette.pals() lookup
-      pal_names <- grDevices::palette.pals()
-      pal_match <- pal_names[match(palette_lower, tolower(pal_names))]
-
-      if (!is.na(pal_match)) {
-        grDevices::colorRampPalette(grDevices::palette.colors(palette = pal_match))(n)
-
-      } else if (palette %in% grDevices::hcl.pals()) {
-        # Named HCL palettes (e.g. "Rocket", "Plasma") — distinct from viridisLite
-        grDevices::hcl.colors(n = n, palette = palette, ...)
-
-      } else {
-        warning(
-          "Unknown palette: '", palette, "'. Falling back to viridis.\n",
-          "Available options:\n",
-          "  viridisLite  : viridis, magma, plasma, inferno, cividis, mako, rocket, turbo\n",
-          "  grDevices    : hcl, rainbow, heat, terrain, topo\n",
-          "  grDevices HCL: use grDevices::hcl.pals() to see all options\n",
-          "  grDevices    : use grDevices::palette.pals() to see all options\n",
-          "  RColorBrewer : use RColorBrewer::brewer.pal.info to see all options"
-        )
-        viridisLite::viridis(n = n, option = "viridis")
-      }
-    }
+    message(
+      paste0(
+        "Unknown palette: '",
+        palette,
+        "'. ",
+        "Falling back to default R colors.\n",
+        "Available options:\n",
+        "  viridisLite  : viridis, magma, plasma, inferno, cividis, mako, rocket, turbo\n",
+        "  grDevices    : hcl, rainbow, heat, terrain, topo\n",
+        "  grDevices HCL: use grDevices::hcl.pals() to see all options\n",
+        "  grDevices    : use grDevices::palette.pals() to see all options\n",
+        "  RColorBrewer : use RColorBrewer::brewer.pal.info to see all options"
+      )
+    )
+    viridisLite::viridis(n = n, option = "viridis")
+    # grDevices::hcl.colors(n = n)
   }
 }