Hey hey, I know that this thread is old, but no one seemed to provide the answer. Yes, there is absolutely a way to bring in transparency while still using normal colornames.
Just use this code when specifying your color: col=adjustcolor("colorname", alpha=0.5) Alpha values can range from 0 to 1 Cheers, www.kikatarsi.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.