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Re: different tick mark / annotation colors with direct graphics [message #64184]

Mon, 08 December 2008 20:30

Craig Markwardt
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On Dec 8, 7:48 pm, Chris <beaum...@ifa.hawaii.edu> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm looking for a way to draw plots such that the tick marks and
> annotations have different colors - I want to have white tick marks
> stand out against a dark image, while keeping black annotations for
> the white postscript background.
>
> Does anyone know how to do this? The color keyword seems to impact
> both, and I'd hate to resort to XYOUTS for tick mark labeling.

I've had luck in the past by doing my annotations in two stages.
First I plot them with *THICK=3, COLOR=0, and then a second time with
*THICK=1, COLOR=255. The result is a white tickmark (or plot symbol)
within a black outline. This kind of thing is visible no matter what
the background color is. Of course, you can reverse the colors, the
point is to plot with two different colors and thicknesses.

Craig

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