Handy Reference Sheet for Matlab Plots

Handy Reference Sheet for Matlab Plots

29 Jun 2011

When plotting in Matlab it's useful to quickly pass a plot strong to a plotting function (plot, plot3, etc).

plot(x,y,'.r')
plot3(x,y,z,'xb')
plot(data,^g')
are all acceptable symbol and color combinations

Symbols

Marker Specifier	Description
`'+'`	Plus sign
`'o'`	Circle
`'*'`	Asterisk
`'.'`	Point
`'x'`	Cross
`'square'` or `'s'`	Square
`'diamond'` or `'d'`	Diamond
`'^'`	Upward-pointing triangle
`'v'`	Downward-pointing triangle
`'>'`	Right-pointing triangle
`'<'`	Left-pointing triangle
`'pentagram'` or `'p'`	Five-pointed star (pentagram)
`'hexagram'` or `'h'`	Six-pointed star (hexagram)
`'none'`	No marker (default)

Colors:

RGB Value	Short Name	Long Name
`[1 1 0]`	`y`	`yellow`
`[1 0 1]`	`m`	`magenta`
`[0 1 1]`	`c`	`cyan`
`[1 0 0]`	`r`	`red`
`[0 1 0]`	`g`	`green`
`[0 0 1]`	`b`	`blue`
`[1 1 1]`	`w`	`white`
`[0 0 0]`	`k`	`black`