contourfcmap: filled contour plot with precise colormap

Creates a filled contour plot, with more precise control over colors than contourf.

https://github.com/kakearney/contourfcmap-pkg

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Cite As

Kelly Kearney (2026). contourfcmap: filled contour plot with precise colormap (https://github.com/kakearney/contourfcmap-pkg), GitHub. Retrieved .

Acknowledgements

Inspired: Non-uniform contourf/imagesc/colorbar

General Information

MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

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Version Published Release Notes Action
1.7.0.1

Linked GitHub README

1.7.0.0

Small update to description, pointing reader to github for readme.

1.6.0.0

Linked to GitHub repository

1.5.0.0

Corrected a bug in polygon generation where corner points of patches were out of order.

1.4.0.0

-Rewritten for R2014b, no longer relies on contourf object
-Added option to display all color levels evenly on the colorbar, regardless of value

1.3.0.0

Fixed bug where new colorbar stole focus from axis.

1.2.0.0

Fixed accidental omission of helper function in colorbar generation (minmax). Also corrected minor typo in example and added more informative example image.

1.1.0.0

minor grammatical fix in description

1.0.0.0

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