> col2rgb("#00000079", TRUE) [,1] red 0 green 0 blue 0 alpha 121 > col2rgb("#00000080", TRUE) [,1] red 255 green 255 blue 255 alpha 0 > col2rgb("#00000081", TRUE) [,1] red 0 green 0 blue 0 alpha 129 Any ideas? Thanks, Hadley -- http://had.co.nz/