Graphics

Colors Controlled by Axes

Axes properties specify the color of the axis lines, tick marks, labels, and the background. Properties also control the color of the lines drawn by plotting routines and how image, patch, and surface objects obtain colors from the figure colormap.

The axes properties discussed in this section are listed in the following table.

Property	Characteristic it Controls
Color	Axes background color
XColor, YColor, ZColor	Color of the axis lines, tick marks, gridlines and labels
Title	Title text object handles
XLabel, YLabel, Zlabel	Axis label text object handles
CLim	Controls mapping of graphic object CData to the figure colormap
CLimMode	Automatic or manual control of CLim property
ColorOrder	Line color autocycle order
LineStyleOrder	Line styles autocycle order (not a color, but related to ColorOrder)

Automatic-Mode Properties

Specifying Axes Colors