[R] fill in area between 2 lines with a color

Dimitris Rizopoulos Dimitris.Rizopoulos at med.kuleuven.be
Sun Jul 20 18:58:31 CEST 2008


try the following:

age <- 1:10
y.low <- rnorm(length(age), 150, 25) + 10*age
y.high <- rnorm(length(age), 250, 25) + 10*age

plot(age,y.high,type = 'n', ylim = c(100, 400),
     ylab = 'Y Range', xlab = 'Age (years)')
lines(age, y.low, col = 'grey')
lines(age, y.high, col = 'grey')

polygon(c(age, rev(age)), c(y.high, rev(y.low)),
     col = "grey30", border = NA)


I hope it helps.

Best,
Dimitris

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Quoting David Freedman <3.14david at gmail.com>:

>
> Hi - I'd like to have the area between 2 lines on a x-y plot be filled with
> grey, but I haven't had
> any luck using polygon or rect.  (In reality, I'd like to do this for twice
> - once for a low group and once for a high group - and then I'd like to plot
> a set of data points for a 'normal' group together with these 2 grey areas.)
>
> Here's a simple example of the 2 lines:
>
> age=1:10
> y.low=rnorm(length(age),150,25)+10*age
> y.high=rnorm(length(age),250,25)+10*age
> plot(age,y.high,type='n',ylim=c(100,400),ylab='Y Range',xlab='Age (years)')
> lines(age,y.low,col='grey')
> lines(age,y.high,col='grey')
>
> Is it possible to fill the area between the 2 lines filled with, for
> example, 'grey30' ?
>
> thanks very much in advance,
> David Freedman
>
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