Plot Color Names
Calling Sequence
Parameters
Description
Examples
plot(plotargs, color=cname)
plot(plotargs, colour=cname)
plot3d(plotargs, color=cname)
plot3d(plotargs, colour=cname)
plotargs
-
arguments to the plot or plot3d command
cname
string; color name
This page provides an alphabetical list of the color names that plot, plot3d, and other plotting commands accept. Additional colors from other color palettes are available through the ColorTools package. See the plot/color help page for more information.
The lowercase names below are the colors used in early versions of Maple, and they are retained for backward compatibility. In some cases (blue, white, yellow) they are the same as the capitalized string version, but in others (maroon, gold) they are quite different.
ColorTools:-DisplayPalette("MapleV", aliases);
1. aquamarine
2. black
3. blue
4. brown
5. coral
6. cyan
7. gold
8. gray (grey)
9. green
10. khaki
11. magenta
12. maroon
13. navy
14. orange
15. pink
16. plum
17. red
18. sienna
19. tan
20. turquoise
21. violet
22. wheat
23. white
24. yellow
The other recognized colors are the commonly used HTML color names. Plot commands expect them as capitalized strings.
ColorTools:-DisplayPalette("HTML", aliases);
1. AliceBlue
2. AntiqueWhite
3. Aquamarine
4. Azure
5. Beige
6. Bisque
7. Black
8. BlanchedAlmond
9. Blue
10. BlueViolet
11. Brown
12. Burlywood
13. CadetBlue
14. Chartreuse
15. Chocolate
16. Coral
17. CornflowerBlue
18. Cornsilk
19. Crimson
20. Cyan (Aqua)
21. DarkBlue
22. DarkCyan
23. DarkFuchsia (DarkMagenta)
24. DarkGoldenrod
25. DarkGray (DarkGrey)
26. DarkGreen
27. DarkKhaki
28. DarkOliveGreen
29. DarkOrange
30. DarkOrchid
31. DarkRed
32. DarkSalmon
33. DarkSeaGreen
34. DarkSlateBlue
35. DarkSlateGray (DarkSlateGrey)
36. DarkTurquoise
37. DarkViolet
38. DeepPink
39. DeepSkyBlue
40. DimGray (DimGrey)
41. DodgerBlue
42. Feldspar
43. Firebrick
44. FloralWhite
45. ForestGreen
46. Fuchsia (Magenta)
47. Gainsboro
48. GhostWhite
49. Gold
50. Goldenrod
51. Gray (Grey)
52. Green
53. GreenYellow
54. Honeydew
55. HotPink
56. IndianRed
57. Indigo
58. Ivory
59. Khaki
60. Lavender
61. LavenderBlush
62. LawnGreen
63. LemonChiffon
64. LightBlue
65. LightCoral
66. LightCyan
67. LightGoldenrod
68. LightGoldenrodYellow
69. LightGray (LightGrey)
70. LightGreen
71. LightPink
72. LightSalmon
73. LightSeaGreen
74. LightSkyBlue
75. LightSlateBlue
76. LightSlateGray (LightSlateGrey)
77. LightSteelBlue
78. LightYellow
79. Lime
80. LimeGreen
81. Linen
82. Maroon
83. MediumAquamarine
84. MediumBlue
85. MediumOrchid
86. MediumPurple
87. MediumSeaGreen
88. MediumSlateBlue
89. MediumSpringGreen
90. MediumTurquoise
91. MediumVioletRed
92. MidnightBlue
93. MintCream
94. MistyRose
95. Moccasin
96. NavajoWhite
97. Navy (NavyBlue)
98. OldLace
99. Olive
100. OliveDrab
101. Orange
102. OrangeRed
103. Orchid
104. PaleGoldenrod
105. PaleGreen
106. PaleTurquoise
107. PaleVioletRed
108. PapayaWhip
109. PeachPuff
110. Peru
111. Pink
112. Plum
113. PowderBlue
114. Purple
115. Red
116. RosyBrown
117. RoyalBlue
118. SaddleBrown
119. Salmon
120. SandyBrown
121. SeaGreen
122. Seashell
123. Sienna
124. Silver
125. SkyBlue
126. SlateBlue
127. SlateGray (SlateGrey)
128. Snow
129. SpringGreen
130. SteelBlue
131. Tan
132. Teal
133. Thistle
134. Tomato
135. Turquoise
136. Violet
137. VioletRed
138. Wheat
139. White
140. WhiteSmoke
141. Yellow
142. YellowGreen
Internally the plot routines convert these color names to RGB values. For example, YellowGreen is converted to COLOURRGB,0.60392157,0.80392157,0.19607843.
plotsin,color=SteelBlue
plotcos,color=Burlywood
plot3dxy,x=−1..1,y=−1..1,color=Chocolate
See Also
ColorTools
plot
plot/color
plot/options
plot/structure
plot3d
plot3d/colorfunc
plot3d/option
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