how to change the axis line color white but maintain the font color black?

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

[Adam]

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.

[Sharah]

@adam I mean the axes line

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

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.

Answer 2

[Jan]

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');

[Sara Fawal]

Hello Jan,

Is there a way to set ALL the Y axis colors in a subplot to black using the findall command?

I want to do this:

set(findall(gcf, 'ALL Y Axis Colors', 'k'))

Can it be done?

Thank you

[Image Analyst]

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]

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.

Answer 3

[Image Analyst]

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.

[Sharah]

I know that one, but the problem is when I change fore example the 'XColor' which is the axis color on X side to white, the font of XTickLabel will change to white too. How to maintain the black font color but only change the axis color