varycolor

Version 1.0.0.0 (1.83 KB) by Daniel Helmick

Provides maximum color variation for lines on plots.

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Updated 13 Aug 2008

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Editor's Note: This file was selected as MATLAB Central Pick of the Week

I was unhappy with the current implementation of the color schemes. This provides a way for a program to dynamicly scale the number of different colors on plots, and it ensures there won't be any color overlap.

Cite As

Daniel Helmick (2026). varycolor (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/21050-varycolor), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved January 10, 2026.

MATLAB Release Compatibility

Created with R2007a

Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

Windows macOS Linux

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Acknowledgements

Inspired: varycolor - projector friendly, CMAPLINE, Generate maximally perceptually-distinct colors, Colors for plotting, Linkage Solver, Add Legend Automatically Based on Tag Property Value

varycolor(NumberOfPlots)

Version	Published	Release Notes
1.0.0.0	13 Aug 2008		Download