Here is another approach: x <- rnorm(100)
tmp <- hist(x, plot=FALSE) plot(tmp, col='blue') tu <- par('usr') par(xpd=FALSE) clip( tu[1], mean(x) - sd(x), tu[3], tu[4] ) plot(tmp, col='red', add=TRUE) clip( mean(x) + sd(x), tu[2], tu[3], tu[4] ) plot(tmp, col='red', add=TRUE) -- Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D. Statistical Data Center Intermountain Healthcare greg.s...@imail.org 801.408.8111 > -----Original Message----- > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r- > project.org] On Behalf Of Ashta > Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 5:42 AM > To: R help > Subject: [R] Histogram color > > In a histogram , is it possible to have different colors? > Example. I generated > > x <- rnorm(1000000) > hist(x) > > I want the histogram to have different colors based on the following > condition > mean(x)+sd(x) with red color and mean(x) - sd(x) with red color as > well. The middle one with blue color. > Is it possible to do that in R? > Thanks > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting- > guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.