Default
Hairline grids, no heavy frame — multi-series default hierarchy.
Themes
Live portraits of paper, grids, axes, and type. Props, role tokens, and CSS variables: Themes reference.
Built-in
Hairline grids, no heavy frame — multi-series default hierarchy.
Fine ticks and a light panel border around categorical groups.
Low-glare dark paper; large fills carry the series.
Quiet grid and reduced type hierarchy on a single series.
Gray panel and white grid — the classic R silhouette (also theme grey/gray).
Black axes and ticks, no grid — framed research scatter.
White panel, grey grid, dark border — print-friendly scatter.
Same quiet hierarchy as default; ipsum series colors.
Panel border and ticks, no grid — business comparisons.
Dashed grids, axis lines, and value labels.
Gray paper and white grid — editorial stacked mix.
Cool blue paper and magazine multi-series strokes.
No grid; labels carry the structure.
Black grid and border on white paper — line-art monochrome chrome.
No axes, grid, or panel — marks only (maps, logos, free-form).
Stata s2color: bluish-gray plot region, white panel, y-grid.
Stata s1color: white panel with black border, light y-grid.
Stata s2mono: gray plot region and monochrome y-grid.
Cream panel and precision accents — Schoonover's light lab.
Deep teal panel, same accents — Solarized after dark.
White panel and gray grid on light-gray paper — the Graphic Detail variant.
Grey-style Solarized panel with light grid — base tones swapped, no frame.
The grey-style Solarized variant on dark base tones.
Brown paper, dotted black y-grid — Wall Street Journal chrome.
Google Docs: black x line, no ticks, light-gray grid, 20px plain title.
Highcharts default: y-only #D8D8D8 grid on white, no border.
Highcharts darkunica: #2a2a2b paper, #707073 y-grid.
Pander: dashed grey grid, grey ticks, bold title on white.
LibreOffice Calc: white panel, gray border and y-grid.
Excel 97: gray panel and black grid — the classic ugly look.
Modern Excel: gray text, hairline y-grid, no ticks or border.
Base R: black frame and ticks, no grid, bold 19px title.
Inverse gray: white panel, gray90 surround and grid.
No axes, grid, or chrome — marks only, for maps.
Nothing but marks — every non-geom element removed.
Pinned high-contrast chrome for package tests and VR.