Apply official CMAP race/ethnicity chart colors to ggplot2 aesthetics

Source: R/colors_race.R

Pick the function depending on the aesthetic of your ggplot object (fill or color). Specify your dataset's unique race factor names (as case-sensitive strings) in the arguments. All categories are optional in case your dataset does not have some of them or contains the default values of the race palette.

cmap_fill_race(white, black, hispanic, asian, other)

cmap_color_race(white, black, hispanic, asian, other)

cmap_colour_race(white, black, hispanic, asian, other)

Arguments

white

Data value to map CMAP's White/Caucasian color onto (case-sensitive).

black

Data value to map CMAP's Black/African American color onto (case-sensitive).

hispanic

Data value to map CMAP's Hispanic/Latino color onto (case-sensitive).

asian

Data value to map CMAP's Asian color onto (case-sensitive).

other

Data value to map CMAP's Other/Multiple Races color onto (case-sensitive).

Functions

  • cmap_fill_race(): For fill aesthetic

  • cmap_color_race(): For color aesthetic

  • cmap_colour_race(): For color aesthetic

Examples

ggplot(dplyr::filter(traded_emp_by_race, Race!="Regional average" &
                     variable=="SpecializedTraded")) +
   geom_col(aes(x = Race, y = value, fill = Race)) +
   cmap_fill_race(white = "White", black = "Black",
                  hispanic = "Hispanic", asian = "Asian",
                  other = "Other")