Prevent blending when using alpha and geom_polygon
I am overlaying the data using geom_polygon, but the colors cannot be distinguished because they are being combined. This makes it even worse with more layers.
How do you ensure the colors don't mix?
Sample data
newdat <- structure(list(x = c(0, 0.77, 1.54, 2.31, 3.08, 3.85, 4.62, 5.38,
6.15, 6.92, 7.69, 8.46, 9.23, 10, 10.77, 11.54, 12.31, 13.08,
13.85, 14.62, 15.38, 16.15, 16.92, 17.69, 18.46, 19.23, 20, 20.77,
21.54, 22.31, 23.08, 23.85, 24.62, 25.38, 26.15, 26.92, 27.69,
28.46, 29.23, 30, 0, 0.77, 1.54, 2.31, 3.08, 3.85, 4.62, 5.38,
6.15, 6.92, 7.69, 8.46, 9.23, 10, 10.77, 11.54, 12.31, 13.08,
13.85, 14.62, 15.38, 16.15, 16.92, 17.69, 18.46, 19.23, 20, 20.77,
21.54, 22.31, 23.08, 23.85, 24.62, 25.38, 26.15, 26.92, 27.69,
28.46, 29.23, 30), y = c(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.01, 0.01, 0.02,
0.03, 0.04, 0.05, 0.06, 0.06, 0.06, 0.06, 0.06, 0.06, 0.05, 0.04,
0.03, 0.03, 0.02, 0.02, 0.02, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.01, 0.01, 0.02, 0.03, 0.05,
0.06, 0.08, 0.09, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.09, 0.08, 0.07, 0.06,
0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.04, 0.03, 0.02, 0.01, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
0, 0, 0, 0, 0), type = c("a", "a", "a", "a", "a", "a", "a", "a",
"a", "a", "a", "a", "a", "a", "a", "a", "a", "a", "a", "a", "a",
"a", "a", "a", "a", "a", "a", "a", "a", "a", "a", "a", "a", "a",
"a", "a", "a", "a", "a", "a", "b", "b", "b", "b", "b", "b", "b",
"b", "b", "b", "b", "b", "b", "b", "b", "b", "b", "b", "b", "b",
"b", "b", "b", "b", "b", "b", "b", "b", "b", "b", "b", "b", "b",
"b", "b", "b", "b", "b", "b", "b")), .Names = c("x", "y", "type"
), row.names = c(NA, -80L), class = "data.frame")
code
library(ggplot2)
# Using polygon blends colors
ggplot(newdat, aes(x = x, y = y, fill = type)) + geom_polygon(alpha = 0.1)
# But using line shows they are different
ggplot(newdat, aes(x = x, y = y, color = type)) + geom_line()
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The parameter alpha
sets the transparency, so you see them almost the same; however, the solution does not set it to 1
because it does not call the type a
.
You can set colors for those that can be highlighted and enhanced alpha
in the meantime:
ggplot(newdat, aes(x = x, y = y, fill = type )) + geom_polygon(alpha = 0.3) +
scale_fill_manual(values = c('red','lightblue'))
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