When you say βcolor branches,β I assume that you mean the color of the edges. It seems to work, but I have to think that there is a better way.
Using the built-in dataset mtcarshere, as you did not provide your data.
plot.fan <- function(hc, nclus=3) {
palette <- c('red','blue','green','orange','black')[1:nclus]
clus <-cutree(hc,nclus)
X <- as.phylo(hc)
edge.clus <- sapply(1:nclus,function(i)max(which(X$edge[,2] %in% which(clus==i))))
order <- order(edge.clus)
edge.clus <- c(min(edge.clus),diff(sort(edge.clus)))
edge.clus <- rep(order,edge.clus)
plot(X,type='fan',
tip.color=palette[clus],edge.color=palette[edge.clus],
label.offset=0.2,no.margin=TRUE, cex=0.70)
}
fit <- hclust(dist(mtcars[,c("mpg","hp","wt","disp")]))
plot.fan(fit,3); plot.fan(fit,5)


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