choose specific color from color scheme

[Christian Vienna]

Hi,

I use the economist scheme for my line graphs. I have some line graphs with plenty of lines and some with only a few. How can I choose with plot/line is allocated a specific color from the scheme? I want to do this so that in all graphs, the same variables/countries have the same color, even though some graphs and more lines and others fewer.

best,
Chris

[Chen Samulsion]

Use Ben Jann's palettes package:

net install gr0075, replace
colorpalette economist

[Chen Samulsion]

Here is a very detailed guideline
http://repec.sowi.unibe.ch/stata/pal...g-started.html

[Nick Cox]

I don't follow the question here. A scheme at most sets default colours, which you can always override by an explicit choice. Here is a simple example.

. webuse grunfeld

. separate invest, by(company) veryshortlabel

Variable      Storage   Display    Value
    name         type    format    label      Variable label
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
invest1         float   %9.0g                 1
invest2         float   %9.0g                 2
invest3         float   %9.0g                 3
invest4         float   %9.0g                 4
invest5         float   %9.0g                 5
invest6         float   %9.0g                 6
invest7         float   %9.0g                 7
invest8         float   %9.0g                 8
invest9         float   %9.0g                 9
invest10        float   %9.0g                 10


. line invest1 invest2 year, lc(red blue) scheme(economist) ytitle(Investment)

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[Chen Samulsion]

I guess Christian wants to get name of colors that are used in economist scheme, then he can specify his desired colors in subsequent graph commands.