help grstyle set http://repec.sowi.unibe.ch/stata/grstyle http://github.com/benjann/grstyle/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title grstyle set -- Utility command to generate graph settings for grstyle Syntax grstyle set subcmd ... subcmd Description --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Background and coordinate system plain [, options] plain overall look (no background shading etc.) mesh [, options] plain look; mesh of grid lines without axes imesh [, options] plain look; inverted mesh (similar to ggplot2 in R) horizontal horizontal tick labels on y axis compact smaller fonts, margin, and symbols grid [, options] turn all grid lines on nogrid turn grid lines off noextend do not extend axis lines Legend legend [#] [, options] placement and look of legend CIs ci [colors] [, options] transparent confidence intervals Colors, symbols, line patterns color [palette] [, options] assign colors intensity [intlist] [, options] assign color intensities symbol [palette] [, options] assign markers symbols lpattern [palette] [, options] assign line patterns Sizes graphsize [height [width]] set graph size size sizelist [, options] set text and gap sizes symbolsize sizelist [, options] set symbol sizes linewidth sizelist [, options] set line widths margin sizelist [, options] set margin widths Custom myname ... custom subcommand provided by program grstyle_set_myname; see below --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Description grstyle set adds precoded collections of scheme entries to the style settings maintained by grstyle and provides tools for automizing the generation of scheme entries for certain attributes such as colors or sizes. Subcommands +-------+ ----+ plain +-------------------------------------------------------------------- grstyle set plain [, horizontal compact [no]grid minor dotted noextend box ] Apply a plain overall look: white background; no shading of by-labels and matrix labels; black title; grid lines in gray. Options are as follows: horizontal sets the orientation of tick labels on the y axis to horizontal; same as grstyle set horizontal. compact reduces the symbols size, some font sizes, and the graph margin; same as grstyle set compact. grid turns all grid lines on (horizontal, vertical, minimum, maximum); same as grstyle set grid. nogrid turns grid lines off; same as grstyle set nogrid. minor adds a minor grid (one minor grid line between each pair of major grid lines). minor only has an effect if grid is specified. dotted requests dotted grid lines. noextend draws axis lines only to the smallest and largest tick marks; same as grstyle set noextend. box draws a frame around the plot region. The default is to omit the frame. Examples: . grstyle init . grstyle set plain, horizontal grid . sysuse auto, clear . scatter price mpg, by(foreign) . grstyle init . grstyle set plain, horizontal grid dotted . scatter price mpg . grstyle init . grstyle set plain, nogrid noextend . scatter price mpg +------+ ----+ mesh +--------------------------------------------------------------------- grstyle set mesh [, minor horizontal compact ] Similar to plain, but the coordinate plane is a mesh of grid lines; axis lines and ticks are omitted; grid lines and tick labels are in gray. Options are as follows: minor adds a minor grid (one minor grid line between each pair of major grid lines). horizontal sets the orientation of tick labels on the y axis to horizontal; same as grstyle set horizontal. compact reduces the symbols size, some font sizes, and the graph margin; same as grstyle set compact. Examples: . grstyle init . grstyle set mesh, horizontal compact . sysuse auto, clear . scatter price mpg . grstyle init . grstyle set mesh, nominor horizontal . scatter price mpg +-------+ ----+ imesh +-------------------------------------------------------------------- grstyle set imesh [, minor horizontal compact ] Similar to plain, but the coordinate plane is an inverted mesh: gray background with white grid lines; axis lines are omitted. The look is similar to ggplot2 in R. Options are as follows: minor adds a minor grid (one minor grid line between each pair of major grid ines). horizontal sets the orientation of tick labels on the y axis to horizontal; same as grstyle set horizontal. compact reduces the symbols size, some font sizes, and the graph margin; same as grstyle set compact. Examples: . grstyle init . grstyle set imesh, horizontal compact . sysuse auto, clear . scatter price mpg . grstyle init . grstyle set imesh, nominor horizontal . scatter price mpg +------------+ ----+ horizontal +--------------------------------------------------------------- grstyle set horizontal Set the orientation of tick labels on the y axis to horizontal. Example: . grstyle init . grstyle set horizontal . sysuse auto, clear . scatter price mpg +---------+ ----+ compact +------------------------------------------------------------------ grstyle set compact Reduce the symbols size, some font sizes, and the graph margin. Example: . grstyle init . grstyle set compact . sysuse auto, clear . scatter price mpg +------+ ----+ grid +--------------------------------------------------------------------- grstyle set grid [, minor ] Turn all grid lines on (horizontal, vertical, minimum, maximum). Option minor adds an additional minor grid (one minor grid line between each pair of major grid lines). Example: . grstyle init . grstyle set grid . sysuse auto, clear . scatter price mpg +--------+ ----+ nogrid +------------------------------------------------------------------- grstyle set nogrid Turn grid lines off. Example: . grstyle init . grstyle set nogrid . sysuse auto, clear . scatter price mpg +----------+ ----+ noextend +----------------------------------------------------------------- grstyle set noextend Draw axis lines only to the smallest and largest tick marks (i.e. do not extend axis lines to the bounding box of the plot region). Example: . grstyle init . grstyle set noextend . sysuse auto, clear . scatter price mpg +--------+ ----+ legend +------------------------------------------------------------------- grstyle set legend [clockposstyle] [, nobox stacked inside klength( textsizestyle) ] Determine placement and formatting of legend. clockposstyle sets the position of the legend; default is 6 (at the bottom). For example, type grstyle set legend 4 to place the legend at the lower right side of the plot. If the legend is placed at the side (clockposstyle between 2 and 4 or between 7 and 9), the number of legend columns will be restricted to 1. Options are as follows: nobox removes the box around the legend (including background color). stacked stacks keys and labels (and makes some adjustments to the gaps between keys). inside places the legend inside the plot region. klength(textsizestyle) changes the length of legend keys. The default is klength(huge). This is considerably shorter than the factory setting, which is equivalent to klength(13). Examples: . grstyle init . grstyle set legend 2, inside . sysuse auto, clear . two (scatter price mpg if foreign) (scatter price mpg if !foreign) . grstyle init . grstyle set imesh, horizontal compact . grstyle set legend 4, nobox . two (scatter price mpg if foreign) (scatter price mpg if !foreign) +----+ ----+ ci +----------------------------------------------------------------------- grstyle set ci [colors] [, opacity(numlist) palette_options ] Make shading of confidence intervals transparent (Stata 15 required). colors is a list of colors as described in Specifying colors below or a color palette provided by colorpalette. If one color is specified, only ci is set; if more than one color is specified, ci and ci2 are set (using the first two colors). If no colors are specified, ci is set to gs12 and ci2 is set to ltkhaki (same as in the s2color scheme). Options are as follows: opacity(numlist) sets the level of opacity (0: fully transparent, 100: fully opaque). The default is opacity(50). Specify two values if you want to use different opacity levels for ci and ci2. palette_options are palette options such as n() to set the palette size, select() to select elements from a palette, reverse to use the palette in reverse order, or intensity() to apply color intensity adjustment. See colorpalette for details. Example: . grstyle init . grstyle set ci /* requires Stata 15 */ . sysuse auto, clear . two (scatter price length) (lpolyci price length if foreign==0) (lpolyci price length if foreign==1, astyle(ci2)), legend(off) . grstyle init . grstyle set ci burd, select(11 13) /* requires Stata 15 */ . two (scatter price length) (lpolyci price length if foreign==0) (lpolyci price length if foreign==1, astyle(ci2)), legend(off) +-------+ ----+ color +-------------------------------------------------------------------- grstyle set color [argument] [, plots(numlist) palette_options ] [ : elements ] where argument is palette [[, palette_options] / [ palette [, palette_options] / ... ]] Assign colors (using the color scheme entry attribute). palette is a color palette provided by colorpalette (or by colorpalette9 if using a Stata version older than 14.2) or list of colors as described in Specifying colors below. The default palette uses the same colors as in Stata's s2color scheme. Options are as follows: plots(numlist) specifies the plot numbers for numbered elements. palette_options are palette options such as n() to set the palette size, select() to select elements from a palette, reverse to use the palette in reverse order, intensity() to apply color intensity adjustment, or opacity() to set opacity. See colorpalette for details. elements is a space-separated list of scheme entry elements to be set (see scheme entries). The default is p#. Some possible elements are: Numbered elements p# default plot colors p#markfill marker fill colors p#markline marker outline colors p#label marker label colors p#lineplot line colors for line plots p#line line colors for connected-line plots p#area fill colors for area plots p#arealine outline colors for area plots p#bar fill colors for bar plots p#barline outline colors for bar plots p#box fill colors for box plots p#boxline outline/whisker colors for box plots p#boxmarkfill marker fill colors for box plots p#boxmarkline marker outline colors for box plots p#boxlabel marker label colors for box plots p#dotmarkfill fill colors for dot plots p#dotmarkline outline colors for dot plots p#pie slice colors for pie plots Other plot elements histogram histogram-bar fill color histogram_line histogram-bar outline color sunflower sunflower marker color sunflowerlb light sunflower background color sunflowerdb dark sunflower background color sunflowerlf light sunflower line color sunflowerdf dark sunflower line color matrix marker fill color for graph matrix matrixmarkline marker outline color for graph matrix contour_begin starting color for contour plots contour_end ending color for contour plots ci_area fill color for ci ci_arealine outline color for ci ci2_area fill color for ci2 ci2_arealine outline color for ci2 refline reference-line color refmarker reference-marker fill color refmarkline reference-marker outline color General elements background background color plotregion plot region fill color plotregion_line plot region outline color major_grid color for grid lines legend legend fill color legend_line legend outline color xyline added line color Examples: . grstyle init . grstyle set legend 2, nobox . grstyle set color economist . sysuse nlsw88, clear . graph bar wage if occ<9, over(occ) asyvars over(union) . grstyle set color ptol rainbow, n(8) reverse . graph bar wage if occ<9, over(occ) asyvars over(union) . grstyle set color Greens, n(8) . graph bar wage if occ<9, over(occ) asyvars over(union) . // Transparent markers without outline (using default palette): . grstyle init . grstyle set color, opacity(60): p#markfill . grstyle set color, opacity(0): p#markline . sysuse auto, clear . two (scatter price length if foreign) (scatter price length if !foreign) . // Layout and colors similar to ggplot2: . grstyle init . grstyle set imesh, horizontal compact . grstyle set legend 4, nobox . grstyle set color hue, n(5) . sysuse auto, clear . separate price, by(rep) shortlabel . scatter price? weight, ytitle(Price) +-----------+ ----+ intensity +---------------------------------------------------------------- grstyle set intensity [intlist] [, plots(numlist) ] [ : elements ] Assign color intensities (using the intensity scheme entry attribute). intlist is a space-separated list of intensity specifications according to intensitystyle. The default is 100. Options are as follows: plots(numlist) specifies the plot numbers for numbered elements. elements is a space-separated list of scheme entry elements to be set (see scheme entries). The default is p if intlist only contains a single element and plots() is omitted. Otherwise, the default is p#. Some possible elements are: Numbered elements p# fill intensities for bars and areas in twoway graphs p#area fill intensities for areas in twoway graphs p#bar fill intensities for bars in twoway graphs Other elements bar fill intensity for graph bar bar_line outline intensity for graph bar box fill intensity for graph box box_line outline intensity for graph box pie fill intensity for graph pie histogram fill intensity for histograms sunflower fill intensity for sunflower plots ci_area fill intensity for ci and ci2 Example: . grstyle init . grstyle set inten 20: bar . sysuse citytemp, clear . graph bar (mean) tempjuly tempjan, over(region) bargap(-30) +--------+ ----+ symbol +------------------------------------------------------------------- grstyle set symbol [palette] [, plots(numlist) palette_options ] [ : elements ] Assign marker symbols (using the symbol scheme entry attribute). palette is a symbol palette provided by symbolpalette or a list of symbols according to symbolstyle. The default palette uses the same symbols as official Stata's monochrome schemes. Options are as follows: plots(numlist) specifies the plot numbers for numbered elements. palette_options are palette options such as n() to set the palette size, select() to select elements from a palette, or reverse to use the palette in reverse order. See symbolpalette for details. elements is a space-separated list of scheme entry elements to be set (see scheme entries). The default is p if palette only contains a single element and plots() is omitted. Otherwise, the default is p#. Some possible elements are: Numbered elements p# marker symbols for all plot types; the default p#box symbol of outside value markers for box plots p#dot marker symbols for dot plots Other elements matrix marker symbol for graph matrix sunflower marker symbol for sunflower refmarker reference-marker symbol Example: . grstyle init . grstyle set symbol tufte . sysuse auto, clear . separate price, by(rep) shortlabel . scatter price? weight, ytitle(Price) Since Stata 15 it is possible to specify angles for marker symbols. Corresponding scheme entries can be constructed as anglestyle p#symbol anglestyle. Example: . grstyle init . grstyle set symbol T T . grstyle anglestyle p2symbol 180 . sysuse auto, clear . separate price, by(foreign) . scatter price? weight, ytitle(Price) +----------+ ----+ lpattern +----------------------------------------------------------------- grstyle set lpattern [palette] [, plots(numlist) palette_options ] [ : elements ] Assign line patterns (using the linepattern scheme entry attribute). palette is a line pattern palette provided by linepalette or a list of patterns according to linepatternstyle. The default palette uses the same line patterns as official Stata's monochrome schemes. Options are as follows: plots(numlist) specifies the plot numbers for numbered elements. palette_options are palette options such as n() to set the palette size, select() to select elements from a palette, or reverse to use the palette in reverse order. See linepalette for details. elements is a space-separated list of scheme entry elements to be set (see scheme entries). The default is p if palette only contains a single element and plots() is omitted. Otherwise, the default is p#. Some possible elements are: Numbered elements p# line patterns for all plot types; the default p#lineplot line patterns for line plots p#line line patterns for connected-line plots Other elements major_grid line pattern for grid lines xyline line pattern for added lines refline line pattern for reference lines ci_area line pattern for confidence intervals Example: . grstyle init . grstyle linewidth plineplot medthick . grstyle set lpattern . sysuse uslifeexp, clear . line le_wfemale le_wmale le_bfemale le_bmale year +-----------+ ----+ graphsize +---------------------------------------------------------------- grstyle set graphsize [height [width]] Set the size of the graph. Units for height and width may be inch (inches; the default), pt (points; 1 inch = 72 points), cm (centimeters; 1 inch = 2.54 centimeters), or mm (millimeters; 1 inch = 25.4 millimeters). The default height is 4 inches, the default width is 5.5 inches. Examples: . grstyle init . grstyle set graphsize 4 3 . sysuse auto, clear . scatter price weight . grstyle init . grstyle set graphsize 10cm 12cm . sysuse auto, clear . scatter price weight Apart from creating scheme entries for the graph size, grstyle set graphsize stores the reference size for translations of absolute sizes to relative sizes in global macro GRSTYLE_RSIZE (the reference size is the minimum of height and width of the graph in inches). This information will be used by grstyle set size, grstyle set symbolsize, grstyle set linewidth, and grstyle set margin. +------+ ----+ size +--------------------------------------------------------------------- grstyle set size sizelist [, pt mm inch cm plots(numlist) ] [ : elements ] Set size of text objects and gaps (using the gsize scheme entry attribute). sizelist is a space-separated list of absolute sizes (pt, mm, inch, or cm; see Setting absolute sizes below) or size specifications according to textsizestyle (excluding multiplication syntax). Options are as follows: pt, mm, inch, and cm determine how numbers without units in sizelist will be interpreted. The default is to interpret them as relative sizes and pass them through to the scheme file as is. Alternatively, specify pt, mm, inch, or cm to interpret them as absolute sizes. plots(numlist) specifies the plot numbers for numbered elements. elements is a space-separated list of scheme entry elements to be set (see scheme entries). Some possible elements are: Numbered elements p#label text size of marker labels for all plot types p#boxlabel text size of labels on outside value markers for box plots Other plot elements label_gap distance between markers and their labels pielabel_gap distance of pie labels from center of pie pie_explode distance to explode pie slices barlabel_gap added distance between bars and their labels for graph bar matrix_label size of diagonal titles for graph matrix matrix_marklbl size of marker labels for graph matrix matrix_mlblgap gap between marker and label for graph matrix General elements heading size of title subheading size of subtitle body size of caption small_body size of note text_option size of added text axis_title size of axis titles axis_title_gap gap between tick labels and axis titles tick_label size of major tick labels tick length of major ticks minortick_label size of minor tick labels minortick length of minor ticks tickgap gap between ticks and labels key_label size of labels in legend legend_row_gap gap between legend rows legend_col_gap gap between legend columns legend_key_gap gap between key and label in legend legend_key_xsize length of keys legend_key_ysize height of keys Example: . grstyle init . grstyle set graphsize 7cm 9cm . grstyle set size 10pt: heading . grstyle set size 8pt: subheading axis_title . sysuse auto, clear . scatter price weight, title("Title (10pt)") subtitle("Subtitle (8pt)") xtitle("X axis title (8pt)") ytitle("Y axis title (8pt)") +------------+ ----+ symbolsize +--------------------------------------------------------------- grstyle set symbolsize sizelist [, pt mm inch cm plots(numlist) ] [ : elements ] Set size of symbols (using the symbolsize scheme entry attribute). sizelist is a space-separated list of absolute sizes (pt, mm, inch, or cm; see Setting absolute sizes below) or size specifications according to markersizestyle (excluding multiplication syntax). Options are as follows: pt, mm, inch, and cm determine how numbers without units in sizelist will be interpreted. The default is to interpret them as relative sizes and pass them through to the scheme file as is. Alternatively, specify pt, mm, inch, or cm to interpret them as absolute sizes. plots(numlist) specifies the plot numbers for numbered elements. elements is a space-separated list of scheme entry elements to be set (see scheme entries). The default is p if sizelist only contains a single element and plots() is omitted. Otherwise, the default is p#. Some possible elements are: Numbered elements p# size of marker symbols for all plot types p#box size of outside value markers for box plots p#dot size of marker symbols for dot plots Other elements matrix size of marker symbol for graph matrix sunflower size of marker symbol for sunflower refmarker size of reference-marker symbol Example: . grstyle init . grstyle set legend 2 . grstyle set graphsize 7cm 9cm . grstyle set symbolsize 1 2 3 4 5, pt: p# . sysuse auto, clear . separate price, by(rep) shortlabel . scatter price? weight, ytitle(Price) +-----------+ ----+ linewidth +---------------------------------------------------------------- grstyle set linewidth sizelist [, pt mm inch cm plots(numlist) ] [ : elements ] Set width of lines (using the linewidth scheme entry attribute). sizelist is a space-separated list of absolute sizes (pt, mm, inch, or cm; see Setting absolute sizes below) or size specifications according to linewidthstyle (excluding multiplication syntax). Options are as follows: pt, mm, inch, and cm determine how numbers without units in sizelist will be interpreted. The default is to interpret them as relative sizes and pass them through to the scheme file as is. Alternatively, specify pt, mm, inch, or cm to interpret them as absolute sizes. plots(numlist) specifies the plot numbers for numbered elements. elements is a space-separated list of scheme entry elements to be set (see scheme entries). The default is p if sizelist only contains a single element and plots() is omitted. Otherwise, the default is p#. Some possible elements are: Numbered elements p# line thickness for all plot types p#mark outline thickness of markers p#lineplot line thickness for line plots p#area outline thickness for area plots p#bar outline thickness for bar plots p#box outline thickness for box plots p#boxmark outline thickness of outside value markers in box plots p#dotmark marker outline thickness for dot plots Other plot elements pie outline thickness of pie slices histogram histogram bar outline thickness sunflower sunflower petal thickness matrixmark marker outline thickness for graph matrix ci_area line thickness for ci ci2_area line thickness for ci2 refline reference-line thickness refmarker reference-marker outline thickness General elements plotregion thickness of plot region outline, if drawn matrix_plotregion plotregion outline thickness for graph matrix axisline thickness of axis lines major_grid thickness of grid lines tick line thickness of major ticks minortick line thickness of minor ticks legend legend outline thickness, if drawn xyline thickness added lines text_option thickness box outline of added text, if drawn Example: . grstyle init . grstyle set graphsize 4 5.5 . grstyle set linewidth 2pt: axisline tick major_grid legend xyline . grstyle set linewidth 4pt: plineplot . sysuse auto, clear . two (scatter price weight) (lpoly price weight), xline(4000) +--------+ ----+ margin +------------------------------------------------------------------- grstyle set margin sizelist [, pt mm inch cm plots(numlist) ] [ : elements ] Set size of margins (using the margin scheme entry attribute). sizelist is a space-separated list of absolute sizes (pt, mm, inch, or cm; see Setting absolute sizes below) or size specifications according to marginstyle (excluding marginexp). A numeric element in sizelist can be a single number, in which case the same margin will be used on all four sides, or a set of numbers enclosed in double quotes according to the following order: "left right bottom top" For example, type "5pt 2pt 0pt 10pt" to use 5 points on the left, 2 points on the right, zero points at the bottom, and 10 points at the top. If the set contains less than four numbers, the last number will be repeated. For example, "5pt 2pt" will be interpreted as "5pt 2pt 2pt 2pt". Options are as follows: pt, mm, inch, and cm determine how numbers without units in sizelist will be interpreted. The default is to interpret them as relative sizes and pass them through to the scheme file as is. Alternatively, specify pt, mm, inch, or cm to interpret them as absolute sizes. plots(numlist) specifies the plot numbers for numbered elements. elements is a space-separated list of scheme entry elements to be set (see scheme entries). The default is graph. Some possible elements are: graph margin around graph; the default twoway plot region margin for twoway graphs bygraph margin around combined subgraphs for by() by_indiv margin around individual subgraphs for by() combinegraph margin around combined graphs for graph combine heading margin around title subheading margin around subtitle body margin around caption small_body margin around note axis_title margin around axis titles legend margin around legend: inside the legend box legend_boxmargin margin around legend: outside the legend box text_option margin around added text, if box is drawn Example: . grstyle init . grstyle set graphsize 4 5.5 . grstyle set margin "5pt 15pt 5pt 5pt": graph . sysuse auto, clear . scatter price weight, title(Scatterplot) +--------+ ----+ myname +------------------------------------------------------------------- A personal collection of graph settings can be provided by defining a program called grstyle_set_myname. myname will then be available to grstyle set like any other subcommand. When calling your program, grstyle set provides global macro GRSTYLE_FH containing the file handle of the scheme file to be written to. Use file write with this handle to add your scheme entries. For example, the following program would set the default approximate number of labeled ticks to 10 (and print y-labels horizontally): program grstyle_set_myticks file write $GRSTYLE_FH "numticks_g horizontal_major 10" _n file write $GRSTYLE_FH "numticks_g vertical_major 10" _n file write $GRSTYLE_FH "anglestyle vertical_tick horizontal" _n end After defining the program (or storing the program in file grstyle_set_myticks.ado), it can be used as follows: . grstyle init . grstyle set myticks . sysuse auto . scatter price weight Your program can also have options. Here is an extended example with an option for the approximate number of labeled ticks and an additional option to set the number of unlabeled minor ticks between the labeled ticks: program grstyle_set_myticks syntax [, n(int 5) mticks(int 0) ] file write $GRSTYLE_FH "numticks_g horizontal_major `n'" _n file write $GRSTYLE_FH "numticks_g vertical_major `n'" _n file write $GRSTYLE_FH "anglestyle vertical_tick horizontal" _n file write $GRSTYLE_FH "numticks_g horizontal_tminor `mticks'" _n file write $GRSTYLE_FH "numticks_g vertical_tminor `mticks'" _n end You could then type . grstyle init . grstyle set myticks, n(10) mticks(5) . sysuse auto . scatter price weight Remarks +-------------------+ ----+ Specifying colors +-------------------------------------------------------- When providing a list of colors to grstyle set color or grstyle set ci, use color specifications according to colorstyle (named colors; RBG colors specified as "# # #"; CMYK colors specified as "# # # #"; or HSV colors specified as "hsv # # #"). Example: . grstyle set color cranberry dkgreen gold navy Same colors using RGB codes: . grstyle set color "193 5 52" "0 96 0" "255 210 0" "26 71 111" It is also possible to specify RGB colors using their 6-digit hex codes (or 3-digit abbreviations; see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_colors for background information; some websites providing collections of colors are www.w3schools.com/colors, htmlcolorcodes.com, or www.color-hex.com). Start the color specification with a hash in this case. The hex codes will be translated to RGB. Example: . grstyle set color #30C #11eedd #FFC0CB #f1e2ab Furthermore, HCL colors can be provided as "hcl # # #", where the first number specifies the hue (dominant wavelength in degrees of the 360 degree color wheel), the second number specifies the chroma (colorfulness, color intensity; # >= 0) and the third number specifies the luminance (brightness, amount of gray; # in [0, 100]). HCL colors will be translated to RGB. Example: . grstyle set color "hcl 0 100 70" "hcl 120 100 70" "hcl 240 100 70" If using Stata 14.2 or newer, many more input formats are supported, including named web colors and color values in various color spaces. See colorpalette for details. Color intensity adjustment may be requested by adding adjustment factor *# to a color. Example (original navy and navy with 70% intensity in 3 different ways): . grstyle set color navy navy*.7 "26 71 111*.7" #1a476f*.7 Furthermore, since Stata 15, colors may be complemented by opacity specified as %#. Example (original navy and navy with 80% opacity in 3 different ways): . grstyle set color navy navy%80 "26 71 111%80" #1a476f%80 Intensity and opacity can be combined: . grstyle set color navy navy*.7 navy%80 navy*.7%80 +--------------------------------+ ----+ Numbered scheme entry elements +------------------------------------------- Some of the above commands support the specification of numbered scheme entry elements using shorthand notation p#[stub]. Examples are p#, p#line, or p#label. Such syntax will be expanded to a set of numbered elements (p1stub, p2stub, etc.) using the numbers provided by the plots() option or, if plots() is omitted, using numbers 1 to n, where n is the number of attribute values (colors, line patterns, sizes, etc.) provided to the command. The values will be assigned one by one to the expanded elements (recycling the list of attribute values if necessary). Each set is treated separately, that is, assignment of attribute values starts over with the first value for each set. Of course, you can also specify numbered elements directly as p1stub, p2stub, etc. They will then be treated like any other (unnumbered) element. All specified elements that do not use the above shorthand notation are taken together as an additional set of elements. That is, attribute values will be assigned one by one, in the order in which the elements have been specified, starting with the first value in the provided list of attribute values. Finally, note that numbered elements always also have an unnumbered form, p[stub], that can be used to set the default for all plots. For example, to use the same style for marker labels in all plots you can simply set plabel instead of p1label, p2label, etc. However, note that numbered elements will take precedence over unnumbered elements. That is, if, say, p3label has been set, setting plabel will have no effect on marker labels in the 3rd plot. +------------------------+ ----+ Setting absolute sizes +--------------------------------------------------- Commands grstyle set size, grstyle set symbolsize, grstyle set linewidth, and grstyle set margin allow the specification of absolute sizes as #pt (# points; 1 inch = 72 points), #mm (# millimeters; 1 inch = 25.4 millimeters), #inch (# inches), or #cm (# centimeters; 1 inch = 2.54 centimeters). Absolute sizes are specific to the chosen graph size. They are translated to relative sizes based on the reference size set by grstyle set graphsize (or a reference size of 4 inches if the graph size has not been set). Since absolute sizes are implemented in terms of relative sizes with respect to a particular graph size, the requested absolute sizes will only be preserved as long as the graph size (or the minimum of height and width of the graph, to be precise) does not change. Author Ben Jann, University of Bern, ben.jann@soz.unibe.ch Thanks for citing this software as Jann, B. (2018a). Customizing Stata graphs made easy (part 1). The Stata Journal 18(3): 491-502. Jann, B. (2018b). Customizing Stata graphs made easy (part 2). The Stata Journal 18(4): 786–802. or Jann, B. (2017). grstyle: Stata module to customize the overall look of graphs. Available from http://ideas.repec.org/c/boc/bocode/s458414.html. Also see Online: help for grstyle, colorpalette, colorpalette9, symbolpalette, linepalette, graph, schemes, scheme files, scheme entries