Matlab Graph Safe Colors for Web, Presentation and Publications Examples

Good Colors to Use Darker

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blue = [57 106 177]./255;

red = [204 37 41]./255;

black = [83 81 84]./255;

green = [62 150 81]./255;

brown = [146 36 40]./255;

purple = [107 76 154]./255;

cl_colors = {blue, red, black, ...

green, brown, purple};

cl_str_clr_names = ["blue", "red", "black", "green", "brown", "purple"];

for it_color=1:length(cl_colors)

figure();

x = [0 1 1 0];

y = [0 0 1 1];

fill(x, y, cl_colors{it_color});

st_text = [cl_str_clr_names(it_color) num2str(round(cl_colors{it_color}*255))];

hText = text(.10,.55, st_text);

hText.Color = 'white';

hText.FontSize = 30;

snapnow;

end

Good Colors to Use Lighter

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blue = [114 147 203]./255;

red = [211 94 96]./255;

black = [128 133 133]./255;

green = [132 186 91]./255;

brown = [171 104 87]./255;

purple = [144 103 167]./255;

cl_colors = {blue, red, black, ...

green, brown, purple};

cl_str_clr_names = ["blue", "red", "black", "green", "brown", "purple"];

for it_color=1:length(cl_colors)

figure();

x = [0 1 1 0];

y = [0 0 1 1];

fill(x, y, cl_colors{it_color});

st_text = [cl_str_clr_names(it_color) num2str(round(cl_colors{it_color}*255))];

hText = text(.10,.55, st_text);

hText.Color = 'white';

hText.FontSize = 30;

snapnow;

end

Matlab has a graphical tool for picking color

figure();

hold on;

x = rand([10,1]);

y = rand([10,1]);

% Then can use for plot

plot(x,y,'Color',[.61 .51 .74]);

% Can use for Scatter

scatter(x, y, 10, ...

'MarkerEdgeColor', [.61 .51 .74], 'MarkerFaceAlpha', 0.1, ...

'MarkerFaceColor', [.61 .51 .74], 'MarkerEdgeAlpha', 0.1);