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change line color in ggridges


How to change the line color or shape in a ggridge density plot?

ggplot(iris, aes(x = Sepal.Length, y = Species)) +
  geom_density_ridges2() +
  scale_y_discrete(expand = c(0.01, 0)) +
  scale_x_continuous(expand = c(0.01, 0)) +
  theme_ridges()

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Solution

  • I am not sure what you exactly want, but change the color of your lines can be done by using color in your geom_density_ridges2 function like this:

    library(tidyverse)
    library(ggridges)
    ggplot(iris, aes(x = Sepal.Length, y = Species)) +
      geom_density_ridges2(color = "red") +
      scale_y_discrete(expand = c(0.01, 0)) +
      scale_x_continuous(expand = c(0.01, 0)) +
      theme_ridges()
    

    Output:

    enter image description here

    As you can see, the color of the lines is changed to red.