How to generate and use different colours on a plot and label as per the colours?

Hello all

I want to know how i can generate different colours and use those in my figure and then place on the figure that what colours represents what. My figure will look like the attached image, its only a 3 case example but my final image consits of large number of cases which are variable. In example image I want to add futher the labelling scheme performing like legend,showing colour=abc(pharase) etc.

I hope to get an answer soon

Regards

Answer 1

[dpb]

plot(rand(10,4))                  % plot 4 lines in default color cycle
legend('a', 'b', 'c', 'd')        % label them -- colors show automagically
text(2,0.05,'Stuff in green','color','g')  % add some text in a color

You can create custom colors or select the named colors from a list--there are many examples in the doc. See the doc on the various functions above and the links on annotation and enhancement in the Graphics section.

[Sameer]

Hello

Thanks for replying. But in my above mentioned case which is a figure obtained from 6 plots where each color corresponds to a pair which make a single element. so its consists of 3 elements where each color corresponds to a element. If i am using legend then results are not in the way i want as it it´s showing like the attached image.

[dpb]

Not clear to me precisely what you do want. But, as Misch shows, check out the use of the handle for the line/object in legend to assign specifically.

If it's that the three cases that are lines now are actually the first points should be one color, the second another and the third the third, then rearrange the data. The problem then is what color should the line be? You might look at scatter instead.

[Sameer]

Thanks for Guiding.

Regards

[dpb]

You can't get the linestyle drawn as '*,-' unless you were to make a custom legend using annotation and/or text. Guess that's doable if you were to create the legend, then remove the line markers and add a text at the location they take up.

I can get you the combination marker of line with the sympbol as follows if that'll do in a pinch...

[h_leg,h_obj]=legend([p1(1),p2(1),p3(1)],'p0','p1','p2');
set(h_obj(4:2:end),{'linestyle'},{':'})

The first three object handles are the text; that'll go up w/ every additional text line you add so the lines are the following six. The 3 visible are the even ones, hence the 4:2:end. If you swap the px(1) for px(2), then it'll be the odd ones and you'd set the marker instead of the linestyle.

[Sameer]

Thanks dpb.

Answer 2

[Mischa Kim]

Sameer, something like

 x = 0:0.1:1;
 y = sin(x);
 z = cos(x);
 plot(x,y,'r-d',x,z,'b-o',x,y.*z,'g-*')
 legend('x vs y','x vs z','x vs y*z')
 xlabel('x')
 ylabel('y, z, y*z')

[Sameer]

Hello Thank you for replying. But my above attached figure consists of six plots where two(1 pair(*,-))should be of same colour. so its a figure of 3 pairs. Can you guide how can i obtain?

Awaiting your response.

Regards

[Mischa Kim]

Check out

 data1 = 10*ones(10,2) + randn(10,2);     % test data 1: two sets
 t1    = (0:1:9);
 figure();
 p1 = plot(t1,data1,'r-d');
 hold on
 data2 = 20*ones(100,2) + 2*randn(100,2); % test data 2: two sets
 t2    = (0:0.1:9.9);
 p2 = plot(t2,data2,'b-o');
 data3 = 30*ones(100,2) + 3*randn(100,2); % test data 3: two sets
 t3    = (0:0.1:10);
 p3 = plot(t2,data3,'g-*');

 legend([p1(1),p2(1),p3(1)],'From data1','From data2','From data3');

[Sameer]

Hello

Thank you...its almost working for me but want to add something. Please see the attached image and the code for it is

>> PD0=[23,25,28];

>> P0=[27,29,32];

>> Re0=[2000,2600,3000];

>> PD1=[37,39,42];

>> PD1=[33,35,38];

>> P1=[37,39,42];

>> Re1=[2300,2800,3400];

>> PD2=[37,42,48];

>> P2=[39,44,52];

>> Re2=[2600,3100,3800];

>> p1=plot(Re0,PD0,'r*',Re0,P0,'r');

>> hold on

>> p2=plot(Re1,PD1,'b*',Re1,P1,'b');

>> p3=plot(Re2,PD2,'g*',Re2,P2,'g');

>> legend([p1(1),p2(1),p3(1)],'p0','p1','p2');

now as the legend is showing only * and the name,what I want is *,- and the name. I know only * is displayed because we used p1(1), and displays - when p1(2) is used but i am not able to find a way to display both. Hope you can guide.

Awaiting your reply.

Regards

Answer 3

[dpb]

I just had another thought -- don't know if it'll work or not and I cleaned out the trial stuff so don't have it to play w/ at the moment, but:

If you were to use both sets of handles but one with blank text, maybe you could get both symbols one below the other with just the one text line...something like

• a-
• b-

As said, not sure if can get that to happen or not, just a passing fancy of a thought...

ADDENDUM:

Well, I did try it and, by golly, it does work. Not quite what you were looking for ideally, but not too awful bad I'd judge...see what you think w/ this--

[h_leg,h_obj]=legend([p1(:).' p2(:).' p3(:).'],'p0',' ','p1',' ','p2',' ');