# How to specify point vs fill for Geom.point in Gadfly?
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-specify-point-vs-fill-for-geom-point-in-gadfly/52097
**Category:** Visualization
**Tags:** question, gadfly
**Created:** [December 19, 2020, 5:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-specify-point-vs-fill-for-geom-point-in-gadfly/52097 "2020-12-19T17:52:19Z")
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### Author:  [@mkarikom](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkarikom)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2020, 5:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-specify-point-vs-fill-for-geom-point-in-gadfly/52097/1 "2020-12-19T17:52:19Z")
In the [gallery example here](http://gadflyjl.org/dev/lib/geometries/#Gadfly.Geom.label) we have:
```julia
using Gadfly, RDatasets
set_default_plot_size(21cm, 8cm)
p1 = plot(dataset("MASS", "mammals"), x="Body", y="Brain", label=1,
Scale.x_log10, Scale.y_log10, Geom.point, Geom.label)
p2 = plot(dataset("MASS", "mammals"), x="Body", y="Brain", label=1,
Scale.x_log10, Scale.y_log10, Geom.label(position=:centered))
hstack(p1,p2)
```
Which generates (zoomed in):
How do I change the color of the white outline around the points (or at least make it the same as fill[blue])?
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### Author:  [@rafael.guerra](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rafael.guerra)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2020, 7:07pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-specify-point-vs-fill-for-geom-point-in-gadfly/52097/2 "2020-12-19T19:07:32Z")
This option does not plot the outline around the points: `Geom.beeswarm`
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### Author:  [@evanfields](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/evanfields)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-specify-point-vs-fill-for-geom-point-in-gadfly/52097/3 "2020-12-19T20:25:34Z")
If you’re just looking to hide the white outline, you can use `Theme` or `style` with `highlight_width=0mm`: [docs](http://gadflyjl.org/stable/lib/gadfly/#Gadfly.Theme). Hiding the outline plus making the points a bit bigger should produce the same result as making the highlight color match the point color, right?
I’m not sure how to change the highlight color, sorry.
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### Author:  [@rafael.guerra](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rafael.guerra)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-specify-point-vs-fill-for-geom-point-in-gadfly/52097/4 "2020-12-19T22:12:53Z")
@mkarikom, changing the **alpha** parameter in code below, allows varying from transparent point filling to opaque, continuously. Indicated also parameters for point size and [color](http://juliagraphics.github.io/Colors.jl/stable/namedcolors/).
```julia
p1 = plot(dataset("MASS", "mammals"), x="Body", y="Brain", label=1,
Scale.x_log10, Scale.y_log10, Geom.point, Geom.label,
Theme(discrete_highlight_color = identity, point_size = 3pt,
point_shapes=[Shape.circle], alphas=[0.3], default_color="darkgreen") )
```
`alpha = 0.3`:
`alpha = 1.0`:
