Ethan-

You need to be more explicit about what you mean by 'background'.  Do you
mean:
(a) the entire plot including margins?, or
(b) only the plotting area?, or
(c) a different color for both margins and plotting area?

If you want (a), the solution is par(bg = '#003D79').

If you want (b), the solution is a little trick I picked up from the R help
archives:

plot.area.col<-function(col){
  ttt<-par()$usr
  rect(ttt[1],ttt[3],ttt[2],ttt[4],col=col)
  }

plot(1,1,
  panel.first=plot.area.col('#003D79')
  )

If you want (c), you can combine both (a) and (b) as follows:

par(bg = 'blue')

plot(1,1,
  panel.first=plot.area.col('red')
  )

Hope that helps.
-tgs



If you are using the plot function, and you only want to change the plot
area colored

On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 10:14 AM, Arenson, Ethan <EArenson@nbome.org> wrote:

>
> Hi.
>
> I want to create a plot with Pantone654 as the background. The RGB for this
> color is (0,61,121), which corresponds to a hex of #003D79. How do I specify
> the bg parameter for this?
>
> All Best,
> Ethan
>
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