From p.dalgaard@biostat.ku.dk  Sat Apr 20 22:41:17 2002
From: p.dalgaard@biostat.ku.dk (Peter Dalgaard BSA)
Date: 20 Apr 2002 23:41:17 +0200
Subject: [Rd] color of axis lines (PR#1470)
In-Reply-To: <200204202021.WAA19319@pubhealth.ku.dk>
References: <200204202021.WAA19319@pubhealth.ku.dk>
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gray@jimmy.harvard.edu writes:

> Full_Name: Robert Gray
> Version: 1.4.1
> OS: Windows NT 4.0
> Submission from: (NULL) (155.52.45.116)
> 
> 
> I can't seem to get axis tick marks in any color except black (I want to make
> plots for a slide presentation using a dark background.)  Below is a simple
> example.  I have tried this using postscript in the Windows version of R 1.4.1
> and a version of R 1.4.0 compiled on a Sun-Solaris system.  Also, the same
> problem occurs in the win.metafile driver.
> 
> u1 <- runif(10)
> u2 <- runif(10)
> postscript(file='f:/ecog/statpres/webreg/plot3.ps',pointsize=18)
> par(font=2,font.axis=2,font.lab=2,lwd=2.5,bg='midnightblue',col='white',
>     col.axis='white',col.main='white',col.lab='white',col.sub='white')
> palette(c('white','red','yellow','green','cyan','orange'))
> plot(u1,u2,type='n',xlab="Time",ylab='Proportion',main='',
>      col='white',col.axis='white') 
> points(u1,u2,col=3)
> dev.off()

You're looking for the fg parameter. 

(It does say so in help(par), I don't think there's a bug.)

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[Rd] color of axis lines (PR#1470)
Peter Dalgaard BSA