R Modify Fill & Border Colors of ggplot2 Scatterplot (Example Code)
In this article, I’ll show how to adjust fill and border colors of ggplot2 graphs in the R programming language.
Setting up the Example
data(iris) # Loading iris data head(iris) # Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species # 1 5.1 3.5 1.4 0.2 setosa # 2 4.9 3.0 1.4 0.2 setosa # 3 4.7 3.2 1.3 0.2 setosa # 4 4.6 3.1 1.5 0.2 setosa # 5 5.0 3.6 1.4 0.2 setosa # 6 5.4 3.9 1.7 0.4 setosa |
data(iris) # Loading iris data head(iris) # Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species # 1 5.1 3.5 1.4 0.2 setosa # 2 4.9 3.0 1.4 0.2 setosa # 3 4.7 3.2 1.3 0.2 setosa # 4 4.6 3.1 1.5 0.2 setosa # 5 5.0 3.6 1.4 0.2 setosa # 6 5.4 3.9 1.7 0.4 setosa
install.packages("ggplot2") # Install & load ggplot2 package library("ggplot2") |
install.packages("ggplot2") # Install & load ggplot2 package library("ggplot2")
my_plot <- ggplot(iris, # Creating ggplot2 graphic aes(x = Sepal.Length, y = Sepal.Width, color = Species, fill = Species)) + geom_point(size = 3, shape = 21, stroke = 1) my_plot # Drawing ggplot2 graphic |
my_plot <- ggplot(iris, # Creating ggplot2 graphic aes(x = Sepal.Length, y = Sepal.Width, color = Species, fill = Species)) + geom_point(size = 3, shape = 21, stroke = 1) my_plot # Drawing ggplot2 graphic
Example: Adjusting Fill & Border Color of ggplot2 Graphic
my_plot + # Modifying fill & border colors scale_fill_manual(values = c("setosa" = "white", "versicolor" = "orange", "virginica" = "purple")) + scale_color_manual(values = c("setosa" = "red", "versicolor" = "black", "virginica" = "yellow")) |
my_plot + # Modifying fill & border colors scale_fill_manual(values = c("setosa" = "white", "versicolor" = "orange", "virginica" = "purple")) + scale_color_manual(values = c("setosa" = "red", "versicolor" = "black", "virginica" = "yellow"))
Related Tutorials & Further Resources
Below, you may find some further resources on topics such as colors, lines, and ggplot2.