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Ggplot Componenets

This document describes a theme_black function that can be used to create plots with a black background in ggplot2. The function takes the existing theme_grey function and modifies various aesthetic elements like axes, legends, panels, and facets to have white text and lines on a black background. These modifications change colors, sizes, and positions of different plot elements to make them visually discernible on a dark background. An example is also provided to demonstrate applying the theme_black function to a sample ggplot.

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Ggplot Componenets

This document describes a theme_black function that can be used to create plots with a black background in ggplot2. The function takes the existing theme_grey function and modifies various aesthetic elements like axes, legends, panels, and facets to have white text and lines on a black background. These modifications change colors, sizes, and positions of different plot elements to make them visually discernible on a dark background. An example is also provided to demonstrate applying the theme_black function to a sample ggplot.

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library(ggplot2)
library(gridExtra)
theme_black=function(base_size=12,base_family="") {
theme_grey(base_size=base_size,base_family=base_family) %+replace%
theme(
# Specify axis options
axis.line=element_blank(),
axis.text.x=element_text(size=base_size*0.8,color="white",
lineheight=0.9,vjust=1),
axis.text.y=element_text(size=base_size*0.8,color="white",
lineheight=0.9,hjust=1),
axis.ticks=element_line(color="white",size = 0.2),
axis.title.x=element_text(size=base_size,color="white",vjust=1),
axis.title.y=element_text(size=base_size,color="white",angle=90,
vjust=0.5),
axis.ticks.length=unit(0.3,"lines"),
axis.ticks.margin=unit(0.5,"lines"),
# Specify legend options
legend.background=element_rect(color=NA,fill="black"),
legend.key=element_rect(color="white", fill="black"),
legend.key.size=unit(1.2,"lines"),
legend.key.height=NULL,
legend.key.width=NULL,
legend.text=element_text(size=base_size*0.8,color="white"),
legend.title=element_text(size=base_size*0.8,face="bold",hjust=0,
color="white"),
legend.position="right",
legend.text.align=NULL,
legend.title.align=NULL,
legend.direction="vertical",
legend.box=NULL,
# Specify panel options
panel.background=element_rect(fill="black",color = NA),
panel.border=element_rect(fill=NA,color="white"),
panel.grid.major=element_blank(),
panel.grid.minor=element_blank(),
panel.margin=unit(0.25,"lines"),
# Specify facetting options
strip.background=element_rect(fill="grey30",color="grey10"),
strip.text.x=element_text(size=base_size*0.8,color="white"),
strip.text.y=element_text(size=base_size*0.8,color="white",
angle=-90),
# Specify plot options
plot.background=element_rect(color="black",fill="black"),
plot.title=element_text(size=base_size*1.2,color="white"),
plot.margin=unit(c(1,1,0.5,0.5),"lines")

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)
}
# Example
# ggplot(mtcars,aes(wt,mpg))+geom_point()
# ggplot(mtcars,aes(wt,mpg))+geom_point(color="white")+theme_black()

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