On 7 Jan 2013, at 21:53, Greg Snow <538...@gmail.com> wrote: > Not as a simple color, but you can use the rasterImage function to add a > rectangle with a checkerboard pattern to a an existing plot, the examples for > the function use a simple checkerboard pattern. > > Be careful of overusing something like this, too many patterned areas in a > plot can be more distracting and distorting than useful.
thanks, but that sounds way too much hassle than it's worth BW F > > > On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 8:00 AM, Federico Calboli <f.calb...@imperial.ac.uk> > wrote: > Hi All, > > is there a reasonably simple way of using a black and white chequer/checker > board pattern as a colour: > > barplot(mydata, col = c('red', 'blue' 'checkerboard')) > > ? > > BW > > F > > -- > Federico C. F. Calboli > Neuroepidemiology and Ageing Research > Imperial College, St. Mary's Campus > Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG > > Tel +44 (0)20 75941602 Fax +44 (0)20 75943193 > > f.calboli [.a.t] imperial.ac.uk > f.calboli [.a.t] gmail.com > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > > > -- > Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D. > 538...@gmail.com -- Federico C. F. Calboli Neuroepidemiology and Ageing Research Imperial College, St. Mary's Campus Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG Tel +44 (0)20 75941602 Fax +44 (0)20 75943193 f.calboli [.a.t] imperial.ac.uk f.calboli [.a.t] gmail.com ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.