hodgeswardelliott / golden-ratio-for-graphing

Use the golden ratio when deciding on figure sizes!

Plotting using the golden ratio

Use the Golden Ratio when plotting figures in R.

Golden Ratio is defined as:

In mathematics, two quantities are in the golden ratio if their ratio is the same as the ratio of their sum to the larger of the two quantities.

The ratio can also be expressed as a real number, approximately: 1.61803398875

Calculating the Golden Ratio:

GoldenRatio=(1+sqrt(5))/2
GoldenRatio

## [1] 1.618034

Visualizing:

12x12

# square:
plot(iris$Sepal.Length, iris$Petal.Width, col = iris$Species)

12x(12/GoldenRatio)

# golden width to height
plot(iris$Sepal.Length, iris$Petal.Width, col = iris$Species)

(12/GoldenRatio)x12

# golden height to width
plot(iris$Sepal.Length, iris$Petal.Width, col = iris$Species)