--- title: "Using with {ggplot2}" output: rmarkdown::html_vignette vignette: > %\VignetteIndexEntry{Using with {ggplot2}} %\VignetteEngine{knitr::rmarkdown} %\VignetteEncoding{UTF-8} --- ```{r, include = FALSE} knitr::opts_chunk$set( collapse = TRUE, comment = "#>" ) ``` Install from CRAN using: ``` {r, eval = FALSE} install.packages("PrettyCols") ``` Or install the development version using: ``` {r, eval = FALSE} remotes::install_github("nrennie/PrettyCols") ``` Then load into R: ```{r} library(PrettyCols) ``` Set up a simple data frame to use for an example plot: ```{r} library(ggplot2) df <- data.frame( type = c("A", "B", "C"), value = c(1, 2, 3) ) ``` To change the fill or colour for discrete variables: ```{r, fig.show="hold", out.width = "47%"} ggplot( data = df, mapping = aes(x = type, y = value, fill = type) ) + geom_col() + scale_fill_pretty_d(palette = "Blues") ggplot( data = df, mapping = aes(x = type, y = value, colour = type) ) + geom_col(linewidth = 2, fill = "white") + scale_colour_pretty_d(palette = "Blues") ``` To change the fill or colour for continuous variables: ```{r, fig.show="hold", out.width = "47%"} ggplot( data = df, mapping = aes(x = type, y = value, fill = value) ) + geom_col() + scale_fill_pretty_c(palette = "Purples") ggplot( data = df, mapping = aes(x = type, y = value, colour = value) ) + geom_col(linewidth = 2, fill = "white") + scale_colour_pretty_c(palette = "Purples", direction = -1) ``` To change the fill or colour for continuous (diverging) variables (using diverging palettes only): ```{r, fig.show="hold", out.width = "47%"} ggplot( data = df, mapping = aes(x = type, y = value, fill = value) ) + geom_col() + scale_fill_pretty_div(palette = "PurpleYellows", midpoint = 2) ggplot( data = df, mapping = aes(x = type, y = value, colour = value) ) + geom_col(linewidth = 2, fill = "white") + scale_colour_pretty_div(palette = "PurpleYellows", midpoint = 2) ``` To change the legend title: ```{r, fig.show="hold", out.width = "47%", fig.align='center'} ggplot( data = df, mapping = aes(x = type, y = value, fill = value) ) + geom_col() + scale_fill_pretty_c(palette = "Purples", name = "My New Title") + theme(legend.title = element_text(colour = "blue")) ```