[R] Color scale graphic

[Jim Lemon]

On 06/06/2010 10:02 AM, Diogo_Silva wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> Recently, I've been dealing with a seemingly simple problem. I have a table
> with two columns filled with values from a test I made (say, amount of
> precipitation and Months measured). Now, instead of plotting a typical
> linear graphic with precipitation on the y-axis and the months in the
> x-axys, I would like to "convert" the values of precipitation in a color
> gradient, resulting in a vertical gradient throughout the x-axis. In this
> way, months with higher precipitation would appear reddish while lower
> precipitation would appear blueish, for example. Despite being a simple
> problem (basically converting the y-values in a color gradient), I have
> failed to find a way of doing this.
>
Hi Diogo,
The answer is in the subject line. color.scale or smoothColors in the 
plotrix package will probably be what you want.

Jim