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rgbplot

Plot colormap

Syntax

rgbplot(map)

Description

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rgbplot(map)plots the red, green, and blue intensities of the specified colormap.

Examples

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Plot theparulacolormap, and display a colorbar as a visual reference.

rgbplot(parula) holdoncolormap(parula) colorbar('Ticks',[])

Create a custom colormap and plot it. Then display a colorbar as a visual reference.

r = (0:.1:.9)'; g = r.^1.8; b = r.^2.1; mymap = [r g b]; rgbplot(mymap) holdoncolormap(mymap) colorbar('Ticks',[])

Input Arguments

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Colormap to plot, specified as a three-column matrix of RGB triplets. An RGB triplet is a three-element row vector whose elements specify the intensities of the red, green, and blue components of a color. The intensities must be in the range [0, 1]. For example, here is a colormap that contains five colors:

map = [0.2, 0.1, 0.5 0.1, 0.5, 0.8 0.2, 0.7, 0.6 0.8, 0.7, 0.3 0.9, 1, 0];

This table lists the RGB triplet values for common colors.

Color RGB Triplet
yellow [1,1,0]
magenta [1, 0, 1]
cyan [0,1,1]
red [1,0,0]
green [0,1,0]
blue [0,0,1]
white [1,1,1]
black [0,0,0]

Alternatively, you can create the matrix by calling one of the predefined colormap functions. Call the function as the input argument to thergbplotfunction. For example, this command plots theparulacolormap.

rgbplot(parula)

Data Types:double|single

See Also

Introduced before R2006a

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