... I just specify alpha values directly in the hex-code for a color:
set.seed(112352)
plot(runif(20),runif(20), pch=16)
polygon(runif(3), runif(3), col="#FF000022")
polygon(runif(3), runif(3), col="#00FF0022")
polygon(runif(3), runif(3), col="#0000FF22")
B.
On 2014-05-21, at 12:05 PM, William Dunlap wrote:
> You can use adjustcolor() to do some of the arithmetic for you. E.g.,
> the following draws red squares with 10 opacities ('alpha's) from 5%
> to 95%:
> plot(1:10)
> square <- 0.45 * cbind(c(-1,1,1,-1),c(-1,-1,1,1))
> for(i in 1:10) polygon(square+i, col=adjustcolor("red", alpha=(i-.5)/10))
> Bill Dunlap
> TIBCO Software
> wdunlap tibco.com
>
>
> On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 8:47 AM, David L Carlson <dcarl...@tamu.edu> wrote:
>> The standard colors in R are opaque, but you can add an alpha value to make
>> them semi-transparent. In this example we set alpha halfway between 0 and
>> 255 to define a semi-transparent red:
>>
>>> set.seed(42)
>>> x <- runif(10)*10
>>> y <- runif(10)*10
>>> plot(x, y, pch=16)
>>> col2rgb("red", alpha=TRUE)
>> [,1]
>> red 255
>> green 0
>> blue 0
>> alpha 255
>>> redtrans <- rgb(255, 0, 0, 127, maxColorValue=255)
>>> polygon(c(2, 5, 8), c(2, 10, 2), col=redtrans)
>>
>> -------------------------------------
>> David L Carlson
>> Department of Anthropology
>> Texas A&M University
>> College Station, TX 77840-4352
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On
>> Behalf Of Jun Shen
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 10:32 AM
>> To: R-help
>> Subject: [R] How to draw a transparent polygon
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> How do I draw a transparent ploygon overlaying with a scatter plot?
>>
>> Let's say, we call plot() to have a scatter plot, then call polygon() to
>> add a polygon. I was hoping the polygon can be transparent so the scatter
>> plot is still visible. I can't find any argument in polygon() for such a
>> feature. Is there another way to do it? Thanks.
>>
>> Jun Shen
>>
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