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ggthemes (version 5.2.0)

Extra Themes, Scales and Geoms for 'ggplot2'

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Some extra themes, geoms, and scales for 'ggplot2'. Provides 'ggplot2' themes and scales that replicate the look of plots by Edward Tufte, Stephen Few, 'Fivethirtyeight', 'The Economist', 'Stata', 'Excel', and 'The Wall Street Journal', among others. Provides 'geoms' for Tufte's box plot and range frame.

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install.packages('ggthemes')

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5.2.0

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GPL-2

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Jeffrey B. Arnold

Last Published

November 30th, 2025

Functions in ggthemes (5.2.0)

colorblind_pal

Colorblind Color Palette (Discrete) and Scales
fivethirtyeight_pal

FiveThirtyEight color palette
few_shape_pal

Shape palette from "Show Me the Numbers" (discrete)
circlefill_shape_pal

Filled Circle Shape palette (discrete)
canva_palettes

150 Color Palettes from Canva
canva_pal

Canva.com color palettes
calc_shape_pal

Calc shape palette (discrete)
excel_pal

Excel 97 ugly color palettes (discrete)
economist_pal

Economist color palette (discrete)
few_pal

Color Palettes Few "Show Me the Numbers"
scale_colour_gradient2_tableau

Tableau diverging colour scales (continuous)
scale_colour_gradient_tableau

Tableau sequential colour scales (continuous)
ptol_pal

Color Palettes from Paul Tol's "Colour Schemes"
scale_colour_fivethirtyeight

FiveThirtyEight color scales
palette_pander

Color palette from the pander package
scale_fill_gdocs

Google Docs color scales
scale_color_pander

Color scale from the pander package
gdocs_pal

Google Docs color palette (discrete)
geom_rangeframe

Range Frames
scale_fill_excel

Excel 97 ugly color scales
scale_colour_economist

Economist color scales
scale_shape_calc

Calc shape scale
scale_shape_circlefill

Filled Circle Shape palette (discrete)
scale_shape_cleveland

Shape scales from Cleveland "Elements of Graphing Data"
geom_tufteboxplot

Tufte's Box Plot
scale_colour_ptol

Color Scales from Paul Tol's "Colour Schemes
ggthemes-package

ggthemes: Extra Themes, Scales and Geoms for 'ggplot2'
scale_shape_tableau

Tableau shape scales
scale_shape_stata

Stata shape scale
calc_pal

Calc color palette (discrete)
bank_slopes

Bank Slopes to 45 degrees
theme_foundation

Foundation Theme
theme_solarized

ggplot color themes based on the Solarized palette
theme_par

Theme which uses the current ‘base’ graphics parameter values from par(). Not all par() parameters, are supported, and not all are relevant to ggplot2 themes.
tableau_shape_pal

Tableau Shape Palettes (discrete)
theme_gdocs

Theme with Google Docs Chart defaults
tableau_gradient_pal

Tableau colour gradient palettes (continuous)
theme_solid

Theme with nothing other than a background color
scale_shape_few

Scales for shapes from "Show Me the Numbers"
tremmel_shape_pal

Shape palette from Tremmel (1995) (discrete)
theme_stata

Themes based on Stata graph schemes
scale_colour_stata

Stata color scales
ggthemes_data

Palette and theme data
hc_pal

Highcharts color palette (discrete)
extended_range_breaks_

Pretty axis breaks inclusive of extreme values
excel_new_pal

Excel (current versions) color palettes (discrete)
scale_shape_tremmel

Shape scales from Tremmel (1995)
wsj_pal

Wall Street Journal color palette (discrete)
scale_fill_calc

LibreOffice Calc color scales
theme_wsj

Wall Street Journal theme
theme_tufte

Tufte Maximal Data, Minimal Ink Theme
show_shapes

Show shapes
show_linetypes

Show linetypes
scale_colour_hc

Highcharts color and fill scales
theme_calc

Theme Calc
theme_base

Theme Base
scale_linetype_stata

Stata linetype palette (discrete)
tableau_color_pal

Tableau Color Palettes (discrete)
stata_shape_pal

Stata shape palette (discrete)
scale_colour_wsj

Wall Street Journal color and fill scales
stata_pal

Stata color palettes (discrete)
scale_fill_solarized

Solarized color scales
theme_few

Theme based on Few's "Practical Rules for Using Color in Charts"
theme_map

Clean theme for maps
stata_linetype_pal

Stata linetype palette (discrete)
theme_pander

A ggplot theme originated from the pander package
theme_fivethirtyeight

Theme inspired by FiveThirtyEight plots
smart_digits

Format numbers with automatic number of digits
scale_colour_tableau

Tableau color scales (discrete)
scale_colour_canva

Discrete color scale using canva.com color palettes
solarized_pal

Solarized color palette (discrete)
stat_fivenumber

Calculate components of a five-number summary
theme_clean

Clean ggplot theme
scale_colour_few

Color scales from Few's "Practical Rules for Using Color in Charts"
scale_colour_excel_new

Excel (current versions) color scales
theme_economist

ggplot color theme based on the Economist
solarized_rebase

Base colors for Solarized light and dark themes
theme_hc

Highcharts Theme
theme_excel

ggplot theme based on old Excel plots
theme_excel_new

ggplot theme similar to current Excel plot defaults
theme_igray

Inverse gray theme
cleveland_shape_pal

Shape palette from Cleveland "Elements of Graphing Data" (discrete).