Updated Matlab, figures generated from previous code have a black background.

I have recently updated Matlab to the 2017 version. Now all my figures (using older M-code) have a black background. I remember this behavior from previous updates. How can I adjust for this unwanted settings?

[Henk-Jan Ramaker]

Is there anyone who recognizes this issue?

Answer 1

[Steven Lord]

My suspicion is that you called whitebg or colordef and that toggled the background colors for your figures. Do you call one of those functions in your startup.m file? If not, did you change the default property value for the figure background color like in the "Specify Default Values" and "Where in Hierarchy to Define Default" examples on that documentation page?

[Henk-Jan Ramaker]

Hello Steven,

Currenlty, I don't make use of a startup.m file. If I create a figure, it has a background color that is [0.94 0.94 0.94] which is the default value. When I plot something in this figure, it becomes completely black.