In this article, we will see how to create a ggplot2 visualization with a transparent background and export it to a PNG file using the ggsave() function. We will also see how to set the axis and grid line colours to make these elements visible.
Example 1: Specify Custom Background Color The code below demonstrates how to make a straightforward scatterplot in ggplot2 with the standard grey background. library(ggplot2) Let’s create a data frame df <- data.frame(x=c(1, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 9, 12, 15), y=c(13, 14, 14...
Make a ggplot with transparent background Create a ggplot with black background Conclusion Key gglot2 R functions Key ggplot2 theme options to modify the plot panel and background: theme( plot.background = element_rect(),# Background of the entire plotpanel.background = element_rect(),# B...
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g5(2,1).stat_bin('geom','line');%Draw lines instead of bars, easier to visualize when lots of categories, default fill to edges !g5(2,1).set_title('''line'''); g5(2,2).stat_bin('geom','overlaid_bar');%Overlaid bar automatically changes bar coloring to transparentg5(2,2...
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