Shaded pseudo color

Use shading to represent secondary information of an image

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shadedpcolor displays one dataset in color, and a second by varying the intensity of the pixels in the image. We use this for displaying the vertical gradients in a field on top of the field itself. It really makes the field more three-d. A similar effect can be achieved by using lighting, but this is much more deterministic.

For the above picture I ran:

shadedpcolor(x,z,U,(dU),[-1 1]/4,[-1 1]/300,0.7,cmp,0);
axis ij;
shadedcolorbar('v',[-1 1]/4,0.7,cmp);

Cite As

Jody Klymak (2026). Shaded pseudo color (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/14157-shaded-pseudo-color), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

Acknowledgements

Inspired by: freezeColors / unfreezeColors

Inspired: Perceptually improved colormaps, dcolor

General Information

MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
Version Published Release Notes Action
1.0.0.0