scale_UC: UC color scale

In Rbearcat: University of Cincinnati Themes and Utilities for Econometrics and Data Science

UC color scale

Description

Apply the official University of Cincinnati expanded palette to ggplot graphics. The default ordering prioritizes the primary UC colors, followed by expanded brand accents intended for data visualization.

Arguments

order	Numeric vector listing the order in which the colors should be used.
darken	Relative amount by which the scale should be darkened (for positive values) or lightened (for negative values).
alpha	Alpha transparency level of the color. Default is no transparency.
...	common discrete scale parameters: name, breaks, labels, na.value, limits, guide, and aesthetics. see ggplot2::discrete_scale for more details.

Value

A discrete ggplot2 scale object. The helper aliases return the same scale with aesthetics preset for colour or fill mappings.

See Also

Other palettes: palette_OkabeIto, palette_UC, scale_OkabeIto()

Examples

library(ggplot2)
ggplot(iris, aes(Sepal.Length, Sepal.Width, color = Species)) +
  geom_point() + scale_color_UC()
ggplot(iris, aes(Sepal.Length, fill = Species)) +
  geom_density(alpha = 0.7) + scale_fill_UC()

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