Using with {ggplot2}

Install from CRAN using:

 install.packages("PrettyCols")

Or install the development version using:

remotes::install_github("nrennie/PrettyCols")

Then load into R:

 library(PrettyCols)

Set up a simple data frame to use for an example plot:

 library(ggplot2)
df <- data.frame(
 type = c("A", "B", "C"),
 value = c(1, 2, 3)
)

To change the fill or colour for discrete variables:

 ggplot(
 data = df,
 mapping = aes(x = type, y = value, fill = type)
) +
 geom_col() +
 scale_fill_pretty_d(palette = "Blues")
 
 ggplot(
 data = df,
 mapping = aes(x = type, y = value, colour = type)
) +
 geom_col(linewidth = 2, fill = "white") +
 scale_colour_pretty_d(palette = "Blues")

To change the fill or colour for continuous variables:

 ggplot(
 data = df,
 mapping = aes(x = type, y = value, fill = value)
) +
 geom_col() +
 scale_fill_pretty_c(palette = "Purples")
 
 ggplot(
 data = df,
 mapping = aes(x = type, y = value, colour = value)
) +
 geom_col(linewidth = 2, fill = "white") +
 scale_colour_pretty_c(palette = "Purples", direction = -1)

To change the fill or colour for continuous (diverging) variables (using diverging palettes only):

 ggplot(
 data = df,
 mapping = aes(x = type, y = value, fill = value)
) +
 geom_col() +
 scale_fill_pretty_div(palette = "PurpleYellows", midpoint = 2)
 
 ggplot(
 data = df,
 mapping = aes(x = type, y = value, colour = value)
) +
 geom_col(linewidth = 2, fill = "white") +
 scale_colour_pretty_div(palette = "PurpleYellows", midpoint = 2)

To change the legend title:

 ggplot(
 data = df,
 mapping = aes(x = type, y = value, fill = value)
) +
 geom_col() +
 scale_fill_pretty_c(palette = "Purples", name = "My New Title") +
 theme(legend.title = element_text(colour = "blue"))