Graphs in Stata 18 have a new look.
The new default graph scheme (or, the new appearance for Stata graphs) includes the following much-requested features:
o White background
o Updated color palete with bright colors
o Horizontal y-axis labels
o Wider aspect ratio
o Dynamic legend placement for certain graphs
o And more
As one example, a bar graph in with the new scheme now looks like
Instead of
In fact, we introduced four new graph schemes: stcolor, stcolor_alt, stgcolor, and stgcolor_alt. The new default is stcolor and the other schemes are variations on stcolor that provide different widths and legend placements.