Matlab---drawing line types, symbols and colors

 

Matlab drawing

Choice of line shape, color, data point shape

1. Linear

- Solid line (default)
-- Dashed line
: Dotted line
-. Dash-dot line

2. Color

r Red
g Green
b Blue
c Cyan
m Magenta
y Yellow
k Black
w White

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3. The shape of the data points

+ Plus sign
o Circle
* Asterisk
. Point
x Cross
'square' or s Square
'diamond' or d Diamond
^ Upward-pointing triangle
v Downward-pointing triangle
> Right-pointing triangle
'pentagram' or p Five-pointed star (pentagram)
'hexagram' or h Six-pointed star (hexagram)

4. Examples

Plot the sine function over three different ranges using different line styles, colors, and markers.

t = 0:pi/20:2pi;
plot(t,sin(t),'-.r')
hold on
plot(t,sin(t-pi/2),'--mo')
plot(t,sin(t-pi),':bs')
hold off

5, the appendix, summarized as:

line type	illustrate	marker	illustrate	colour	illustrate
-	solid line (default)	+	plus sign	r	Red
--	double dash	O	hollow circle	g	green
:	dotted line	*	Asterisk	b	blue
:.	Dotted line	.	filled circle	c	green
		x	cross sign	m	magenta
		s	square	and	yellow
		d	diamond	k	black
		^	upper triangle	w	White
		v	lower triangle
		>	right triangle
		<	left triangle
		p	Pentagram
		h	hexagon