[R] axis colours

Uwe Ligges ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de
Sat Apr 4 23:39:18 CEST 2009



Umesh Srinivasan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is there a way to use par to change the colours of the axes lines (not the
> labels)? I've done this:
> 
> par(bg = "black")
> plot(x, y, col = "yellow", pch = 16)
> 
> but I have to use
> 
> axes = F within the plot command, and then use
> 
> axis (1, col = "yellow")
> axis (2, col = "yellow")
> 
> and so on for axes 3 & 4.
> 
> This does not help since the new axes are not of the same length as the
> default 'box' that you get around a plot.
> 
> Thanks and cheers,
> Umesh
> 
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I'd set
par(bg = "black", fg = "yellow")
at first and be happy, but if there is some reason why you want specific 
things to happen, it might make sense to tell us what exactly you are 
looking for.

Uwe Ligges




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