#Color of xline stata how to#

This will give you a graph with 20% opacity in red: If you want the marker colors to be red and with 20% opacity, you will need to specify mcolor(red%20): histogram price, color(red%20) frequency NOTE: Normally we use the marker color option mcolor(), we use color() option here because that is where colors are specified for histograms. If you want to change the color, you will need to specify the color you want, if you omit the color specification, Stata will adjust only the opacity of the object. In the above command, color(%20) means that markers are to be the default color with 20% opacity.

For example: histogram price, color(%20) frequency Then right click, select Plot region properties, then a window will pop up, you can change your graph’s color and opacity manually:Īlternatively, we can type directly in the command pane. To adjust the transparency, in the Graph window, click the Graph Editor button to Start Graph Editor: 100% means that the color fully hides the background, and 0% means that the color has no coverage ans is fully transparent. opacity is the percentage of a color that covers the background color. Stata will produce a basic histogram, with default color and 100% opacity. In the command pane (you can also use the menu to achieve the same result: Graphics > Histogram), I type: histogram price, frequency

To demonstrate, I use the automobile dataset.įirst, let’s start from the simple histogram. As a new feature in Stata 15, it allows you to specify the percentage opacity. However, sometimes you might want to see what lies underneath, and that usually produces better-looking graphs. By default, the elements in Stata graph is not transparent, or 100% opaque.

#Color of xline stata how to#

In this post, I’m going to show you how to adjust the transparency of your Stata graph.