how to change the axis line color white but maintain the font color black?
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I am trying to get a graph look like this, but when I change the color of axis to white the font becomes white too
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Adam
on 27 Oct 2016
Please post what code you are using. Axes are white by default, with black text. Do you mean you are making the grid lines white? If so when I do this everything else remains unchanged, so I'm not really sure what settings you are changing.
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Image Analyst
on 27 Oct 2016
Does this help:
y = sin([1:40]/10);
plot(y, 'm*-');
grid on;
ax = gca % Get handle to current axes.
ax.XColor = 'r'; % Red
ax.YColor = 'b'; % Blue
ax.GridAlpha = 0.9; % Make grid lines less transparent.
ax.GridColor = [0.1, 0.7, 0.2]; % Dark Green.
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Jan
on 27 Oct 2016
Create 2 axes: 1 for the lables and another on top for the grid:
Axes1H = axes('NextPlot', 'add');
Axes1H = axes('NextPlot', 'add', 'YTickLabel', {}, 'XTickLabel', {}, ...
'XColor', [1,1,1], 'YColor', [1,1,1], ...
'Color', [0.5, 0.5, 0.5], ...
'Box', 'on', 'XGrid', 'on', 'YGrid', 'on');
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Image Analyst
on 24 Jul 2020
Edited: Image Analyst
on 24 Jul 2020
As I said in my Answer, leave off the semicolon when you call Axes1H. Then you'll get a partial list of properties you can change. Click the Show All Properties link to see a list of all of them. There are lots of things there you can change including the colors and sizes of axes and tick marks.
Michael Stollenwerk
on 9 Jan 2022
Can someone explain how this works with a generic plot? For example
Axes1H = axes('NextPlot', 'add');
Axes1H = axes('NextPlot', 'add', 'YTickLabel', {}, 'XTickLabel', {}, ...
'XColor', [1,1,1], 'YColor', [1,1,1], ...
'Color', [0.5, 0.5, 0.5], ...
'Box', 'on', 'XGrid', 'on', 'YGrid', 'on');
plot(1:10,2:11)
and
plot(1:10,2:11)
Axes1H = axes('NextPlot', 'add');
Axes1H = axes('NextPlot', 'add', 'YTickLabel', {}, 'XTickLabel', {}, ...
'XColor', [1,1,1], 'YColor', [1,1,1], ...
'Color', [0.5, 0.5, 0.5], ...
'Box', 'on', 'XGrid', 'on', 'YGrid', 'on');
give strange figures.
Image Analyst
on 27 Oct 2016
Do this right after you plot something.
ax = gca % Don't use a semicolon.
Then, in the command window, click the link to show all properties. There you can see how you can change virtually anything.
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