Greyed text in the background of a plot

Hi!

Is there any way of having a greyed ("ghosted") text
(i.e, 2006) in the background of a plot?
I'm making a dynamic plot and would like to show the
year of each time step as a big greyed text in the background.

(the idea comes from Hans Rosling video:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4237353244338529080&sourceid=searchfeed
)

Thanks

Agus

Dr. Agustin Lobo
Institut de Ciencies de la Terra "Jaume Almera" (CSIC)
LLuis Sole Sabaris s/n
08028 Barcelona
Spain
Tel. 34 934095410
Fax. 34 934110012
email: Agustin.Lobo at ija.csic.es
http://www.ija.csic.es/gt/obster