\name{custom.theme}
\alias{custom.theme}
\alias{custom.theme.2}
\title{ Create a lattice theme based on specified colors }
\description{
  Creates a lattice theme given a few colors.  Non-color settings
  are not included.  The colors are typically used to define the
  standard grouping (superposition) colors, and the first color is used
  for ungrouped displays.
}
\usage{
custom.theme(symbol = brewer.pal(n = 8, name = "Dark2"),
             fill = brewer.pal(n = 12, name = "Set3"),
             region = brewer.pal(n = 11, name = "Spectral"),
             reference = "#e8e8e8",
             bg = "transparent", fg = "black", \dots)

## different defaults ("Set1", "Accent", "RdBu"):
custom.theme.2(\dots)
}
\arguments{
  \item{symbol}{ a vector of symbol colors.   }
  \item{fill}{ a vector of fill colors (for barcharts, etc.) }
  \item{region}{ a vector of colors that is used to define a continuous
    color gradient using \code{\link{colorRampPalette}}}
  \item{reference}{ a color for reference lines and such  }
  \item{bg}{ a background color }
  \item{fg}{ a foreground color, primarily for annotation }
  \item{\dots}{ further arguments passed to \code{\link{simpleTheme}}
    and used to modify the theme. }
}
\value{

  A list that can be supplied to
  \code{\link{trellis.par.get}} or as the
  \code{theme} argument to
  \code{\link{trellis.device}}.

}
\author{ Deepayan Sarkar }
\examples{
set.seed(0)

## create a plot to demonstrate graphical settings
obj <-
xyplot(Sepal.Length + Sepal.Width ~ Petal.Length + Petal.Width, iris,
       type = c("p", "r"), jitter.x = TRUE, jitter.y = TRUE, factor = 5,
       auto.key = list(lines = TRUE, rectangles = TRUE))
obj <- update(obj, legend = list(right =
         list(fun = "draw.colorkey", args = list(list(at = 0:100)))))

%% NOTE: used in website for "style example"
## draw with default theme
obj

## draw with custom.theme()
update(obj, par.settings = custom.theme())

## create a theme with paired colours, filled points, etc
update(obj, par.settings =
  custom.theme(symbol = brewer.pal(12, "Paired"),
               fill = brewer.pal(12, "Paired"),
               region = brewer.pal(9, "Blues"),
               bg = "grey90", fg = "grey20", pch = 16))

## draw with custom.theme.2()
update(obj, par.settings = custom.theme.2())
}
\keyword{dplot}