A fill color along with single colours

fillpal.ino

// https://plus.google.com/u/0/107012178390358476390/posts/DYRrA1iH5j5?cfem=1


#include <FastLED.h>

#define LED_PIN    12
#define CLK_PIN   11
#define NUM_LEDS    60
#define BRIGHTNESS  150
#define LED_TYPE    APA102
#define COLOR_ORDER BGR
CRGB leds[NUM_LEDS];


CRGBPalette16 currentPalette;
TBlendType    currentBlending;

extern CRGBPalette16 myRedWhiteBluePalette;
extern const TProgmemPalette16 myRedWhiteBluePalette_p PROGMEM;

void setup() {

  Serial.begin(57600);
//  delay( 3000 ); // power-up safety delay
//  FastLED.addLeds<LED_TYPE, LED_PIN, COLOR_ORDER>(leds, NUM_LEDS+1).setCorrection( TypicalLEDStrip );
  FastLED.addLeds<LED_TYPE, LED_PIN, CLK_PIN, COLOR_ORDER>(leds, NUM_LEDS+1).setCorrection( TypicalLEDStrip );  
  FastLED.setBrightness(  BRIGHTNESS );
  
  currentPalette = myRedWhiteBluePalette_p;
  currentBlending = NOBLEND;
}

void loop()
{

  EVERY_N_MILLIS(50)                            // Use this instead of delays.  In this case, we really don't need it.
  {
    singlepal();
  }

  FastLED.show();

}


void singlepal()
{
  for (int i = 0; i<NUM_LEDS; i++) {
    leds[i] = ColorFromPalette(currentPalette, (i*16)%(16*5));
  }
}


void myfiller()
{
  
  for (int i = 0; i<6;i++) {
  CRGB color = ColorFromPalette(currentPalette, i*16);
  fill_solid(leds+i*5, 5, color);
  }
  
} // myfiller()



const TProgmemPalette16 myRedWhiteBluePalette_p PROGMEM =
{
  CRGB::White,
  CRGB::Red, // 'white' is too bright compared to red and blue
  CRGB::Green,
  CRGB::Yellow,
  CRGB::Blue,
  CRGB::Orange

};