Graph and custom colors (colorpalette)

[Mau Aburto]

Hi everyone!

I'm currently trying to customize a graph (binscatter) with specific colors, however Stata doesn't recognize them(?) because the graph shows everything in black (which isn't either of the colors I'm trying to use). I'm following this guide: https://medium.com/the-stata-guide/s...s-4320b16f7ef7
and I'm pretty sure all the packages needed are installed.

colorpalette SlateBlue LightSeaGreen SandyBrown w3-lime w3-deep-orange, nograph
return list
binscatter z_math asistencia_6b, by(year) mcolor("`r(p1)'" "`r(p2)'" "`r(p3)'" "`r(p4)'") lcolor("`r(p1)'" "`r(p2)'" "`r(p3)'" "`r(p4)'")

Using the rgb codes generates the same results.

This is the "error":
(note: named style ... not found in class color, default attributes used)

Thanks in advance!

[Olly Ryding]

I'm getting pretty much the same error. I've browsed through a lot of forums and no one seems to know how to fix it

[Hemanshu Kumar]

I cannot reproduce your problem. Could you include a data extract using the dataex command, and show us the code and the graph you get using that data extract?

[Mau Aburto]

I cannot reproduce your problem. Could you include a data extract using the dataex command, and show us the code and the graph you get using that data extract?

Thanks for the help! Here's the data extract (I can produce the graph with the default stata colors btw, it's just that I'm also working with other softwares and the graphs need to be consistent with each other and in specific colors):

* Example generated by -dataex-. For more info, type help dataex
clear
input float(year z_math asistencia_6b)
2015     -.9246545 .9894737
2016      .6718008 .9255319
2016    -.22197075 .9005525
2015     .07995805  .968421
2015      .5823442 .9521276
2018     -.8060123 .8932585
2018    -1.0256857        1
2018    -1.7418988 .9572192
2018      .7430748 .9189189
2018      .8597357        1
2016    -.08347882 .6158192
2015 -.00051853375  .972973
2016      .4167096      .95
2017      .2391258 .8956044
2015     1.4126695 .9005235
2015      .4701208 .8505155
2017      .2705826 .8681319
2017      .0732486  .983871
2016     1.1788111 .9230769
2018     -.7666921 .9672131
2018    -.06737691 .8715084
2016     1.2703456 .9712644
2018    -.27388936 .9234973
2015   -.014963173        1
2015     -.6052863 .9333333
2015      .7625042 .9623656
2015    -2.6814966 .9444444
2016    -.05016455  .920904
2015      1.822832 .9946808
2017     -.9096935        1
2017     1.4693435        1
2017    -1.7314603 .9719101
2015      .7675838 .9261364
2016     -.8957102 .9405406
2015      -.612588 .9417989
2015      1.447273  .989011
2018    -.24659267 .9944751
2016      .7858622 .9887006
2016      .6159601 .9497207
2016     .28139067 .9651163
2016    -.19690578 .9401197
2015     -.9459246 .9234973
2016     -1.230438 .9602273
2016       .461763 .9505494
2016      .9976452 .9574468
2018     1.4479144 .9220779
2017     -.5472926 .8379889
2018    -1.0040758 .9456522
2018     .56385905 .9944134
2015     -.5779844 .9234973
2015    -1.6668837 .9488636
2017     -.3635787 .9714286
2017    -.57258767 .9248555
2015    -2.3289535        1
2016    -.02272033 .9304813
2018     -.8039001 .8603352
2016      .3978316 .9891892
2016      .6641864 .9462366
2016    .010276836 .9402174
2018      -.907075 .9166667
end
label values year year_lbl
label def year_lbl 2015 "2015", modify
label def year_lbl 2016 "2016", modify
label def year_lbl 2017 "2017", modify
label def year_lbl 2018 "2018", modify

[Mau Aburto]

This is what I get by running the code on the data extract.

[Hemanshu Kumar]

Okay yes, I can reproduce your problem and I have a temporary workaround for you.

I am attaching an ado-file called binscatter2.ado. I have merely taken the original ado file (version 7.02, dated 24nov2013) and made the following small modifications:

• in the syntax command, on line 21, I have added asis to the string options COLors , MColors , LColor and Msymbols
• I have changed the program name to binscatter2

Once you put this ado file into an appropriate folder (enter sysdir in Stata, and then put this file into the PERSONAL folder), you should be able to make the following code work:

colorpalette SlateBlue LightSeaGreen SandyBrown w3-lime w3-deep-orange, nograph
return list
binscatter2 z_math asistencia_6b, by(year) mcolor(`""`r(p1)'""' `""`r(p2)'""' `""`r(p3)'""' `""`r(p4)'""') lcolor(`""`r(p1)'""' `""`r(p2)'""' `""`r(p3)'""' `""`r(p4)'""') scheme(cleanplots)

which produces:

binscatter2.ado

[Mau Aburto]

Okay yes, I can reproduce your problem and I have a temporary workaround for you.

I am attaching an ado-file called binscatter2.ado. I have merely taken the original ado file (version 7.02, dated 24nov2013) and made the following small modifications:

• in the syntax command, on line 21, I have added asis to the string options COLors , MColors , LColor and Msymbols
• I have changed the program name to binscatter2

Once you put this ado file into an appropriate folder (enter sysdir in Stata, and then put this file into the PERSONAL folder), you should be able to make the following code work:

colorpalette SlateBlue LightSeaGreen SandyBrown w3-lime w3-deep-orange, nograph
return list
binscatter2 z_math asistencia_6b, by(year) mcolor(`""`r(p1)'""' `""`r(p2)'""' `""`r(p3)'""' `""`r(p4)'""') lcolor(`""`r(p1)'""' `""`r(p2)'""' `""`r(p3)'""' `""`r(p4)'""') scheme(cleanplots)

which produces:

[ATTACH=CONFIG]n1689583[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]n1689584[/ATTACH]

Thank you so much for the help, I really appreciate it, it worked perfectly!

[Hemanshu Kumar]

Flagging the original author of binscatter, Michael Stepner