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Create a ggplot2 theme using brand colors

Source: R/theme.R
theme_brand_ggplot2.Rd

Create a ggplot2 theme using explicit colors or by automatically extracting colors from a brand.yml file.

Usage

theme_brand_ggplot2(
  brand = NULL,
  background = NULL,
  foreground = NULL,
  accent = NULL,
  ...,
  base_size = 11,
  title_size = base_size * 1.2,
  title_color = NULL,
  line_color = NULL,
  rect_fill = NULL,
  text_color = NULL,
  plot_background_fill = NULL,
  panel_background_fill = NULL,
  panel_grid_major_color = NULL,
  panel_grid_minor_color = NULL,
  axis_text_color = NULL,
  plot_caption_color = NULL
)

Arguments

brand

One of:

  • NULL (default): Automatically detect and read a _brand.yml file

  • A path to a brand.yml file or directory containing _brand.yml

  • A brand object (as returned by read_brand_yml() or as_brand_yml())

  • FALSE: Don't use a brand file; explicit colors must be provided

background

The background color, defaults to brand.color.background. If provided directly, this value can be a valid R color or the name of a color in brand.color or brand.color.palette.

foreground

The foreground color, defaults to brand.color.foreground. If provided directly, this value can be a valid R color or the name of a color in brand.color or brand.color.palette.

accent

The accent color, defaults to brand.color.primary or brand.color.palette.accent. If provided directly, this value can be a valid R color or the name of a color in brand.color or brand.color.palette.

...

Reserved for future use.

base_size

Base font size in points. Used for the size property of ggplot2::element_text() in the text theme element.

title_size

Title font size in points. Used for the size property of ggplot2::element_text() in the title theme element. Defaults to base_size * 1.2.

title_color,

Color for the color property of ggplot2::element_text() in the title theme element. Can be a valid R color or the name of a color in brand.color or brand.color.palette. If not provided, defaults to the foreground color.

line_color

Color for the color property of ggplot2::element_line() in the line theme element. Can be a valid R color or the name of a color in brand.color or brand.color.palette. If not provided, defaults to a blend of foreground and background colors.

rect_fill

Fill color for the fill property of ggplot2::element_rect() in the rect theme element. Can be a valid R color or the name of a color in brand.color or brand.color.palette. If not provided, defaults to the background color.

text_color

Color for the color property of ggplot2::element_text() in the text theme element. Can be a valid R color or the name of a color in brand.color or brand.color.palette. If not provided, defaults to a blend of foreground and background colors.

plot_background_fill

Fill color for the fill property of ggplot2::element_rect() in the plot.background theme element. Can be a valid R color or the name of a color in brand.color or brand.color.palette. If not provided, defaults to the background color.

panel_background_fill

Fill color for the fill property of ggplot2::element_rect() in the panel.background theme element. Can be a valid R color or the name of a color in brand.color or brand.color.palette. If not provided, defaults to the background color.

panel_grid_major_color

Color for the color property of ggplot2::element_line() in the panel.grid.major theme element. Can be a valid R color or the name of a color in brand.color or brand.color.palette. If not provided, defaults to a blend of foreground and background colors.

panel_grid_minor_color

Color for the color property of ggplot2::element_line() in the panel.grid.minor theme element. Can be a valid R color or the name of a color in brand.color or brand.color.palette. If not provided, defaults to a blend of foreground and background colors.

axis_text_color

Color for the color property of ggplot2::element_text() in the axis.text theme element. Can be a valid R color or the name of a color in brand.color or brand.color.palette. If not provided, defaults to a blend of foreground and background colors.

plot_caption_color

Color for the color property of ggplot2::element_text() in the plot.caption theme element. Can be a valid R color or the name of a color in brand.color or brand.color.palette. If not provided, defaults to a blend of foreground and background colors.

Value

A ggplot2::theme() object.

Branded Theming

The theme_brand_* functions can be used in two ways:

  1. With a brand.yml file: The theme_brand_* functions use read_brand_yml() to automatically detect and use a _brand.yml file in your current project. You can also explicitly pass a path to a brand.yml file or a brand object (as returned by read_brand_yml() or created with as_brand_yml()). When a brand is provided, the theme functions will use the colors defined in the brand file automatically.

  2. With explicit colors: You can directly provide colors to override the default brand colors, or you can use brand = FALSE to ignore any project _brand.yml files and only use the explicitly provided colors.

See also

Other branded theming functions: theme_brand_flextable(), theme_brand_gt(), theme_brand_plotly(), theme_brand_thematic()

Examples

brand <- as_brand_yml('
color:
  palette:
    black: "#1A1A1A"
    white: "#F9F9F9"
    orange: "#FF6F20"
  foreground: black
  background: white
  primary: orange')

library(ggplot2)
ggplot(diamonds, aes(carat, price)) +
  geom_point() +
  theme_brand_ggplot2(brand)