Theme Showcase: Dark + Accent Families

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Why this vignette?

This page is a dedicated showcase for combinations that intentionally depart from the default light red look:

dark ground (preset: midnight)
alternate accent families (lapis, ochre, teal, green, violet)

Midnight page, production-style plot

ggplot(mtcars, aes(wt, mpg, colour = factor(cyl))) +
  geom_point(size = 2.2) +
  albersdown::scale_color_albers_distinct() +
  labs(
    title = "Midnight preset on a vignette page",
    subtitle = "Dark ground with high-contrast family accents",
    colour = "cyl"
  )

Accent family comparison

families <- c("red", "lapis", "ochre", "teal", "green", "violet")
accent_a700 <- vapply(families, function(f) albersdown::albers_palette(f)[["A700"]], character(1))

plot_df <- do.call(rbind, lapply(seq_along(families), function(i) {
  d <- mtcars
  d$family <- families[[i]]
  d$mpg_offset <- d$mpg + (i - (length(families) + 1) / 2) * 0.25
  d
}))

ggplot(plot_df, aes(wt, mpg_offset, colour = family)) +
  geom_point(alpha = 0.85, size = 1.7) +
  facet_wrap(~family, ncol = 3) +
  scale_color_manual(values = accent_a700) +
  labs(
    title = "A700 accents across all families",
    subtitle = "Same geometry, different accent family",
    x = "wt",
    y = "mpg (offset)"
  ) +
  theme(legend.position = "none")

Copy-ready presets

recipes <- data.frame(
  profile = c("dark-violet-minimal", "dark-lapis-minimal", "dark-teal-assertive"),
  family = c("violet", "lapis", "teal"),
  preset = c("midnight", "midnight", "midnight"),
  style = c("minimal", "minimal", "assertive"),
  stringsAsFactors = FALSE
)
knitr::kable(recipes, format = "html")

profile	family	preset	style
dark-violet-minimal	violet	midnight	minimal
dark-lapis-minimal	lapis	midnight	minimal
dark-teal-assertive	teal	midnight	assertive

Next step

Use vignette("theme-lab") for interactive tuning.
Keep vignette("getting-started") and vignette("design-notes") on the default light red presentation for baseline docs clarity.

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