Re: color function for ContourPlot
- To: mathgroup at christensen.cybernetics.net
- Subject: [mg1118] Re: color function for ContourPlot
- From: rubin at msu.edu (Paul A. Rubin)
- Date: Mon, 15 May 1995 01:41:45 -0400
In article <3os71e$r7q at news0.cybernetics.net>, Fredo Sartori <sartori at thetis.zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote: ->Producing a contor plot using ColorFunction->Hue gives the same color for the ->lowest as for the highest regions in the plot whic his rather confusing.The ->same problem is encountered when making a surface graphics with ->ColorFunction->Hue. In the latter case creating an module like the following ->one ->solves the problem: -> -> rainbowColor[array_, label_] := -> Module[ -> {min, max, length}, -> min = Min[array]; -> max = Max[array]; -> length = Length[array[[1]]]; -> ListPlot3D[array, -> Table[Hue[1./(1.1*(max-min))*array[[i]][[j]]], -> {i, length-1}, -> {j, length-1}] -> ] -> ] -> -> ->Creating an analog module for the ConturGraphics fails: -> -> rainbowContur[array_, label_] := -> Module[ -> {min, max, length}, -> min = Min[array]; -> max = Max[array]; -> length = Length[array[[1]]]; -> ListContourPlot[array, -> Table[Hue[0.9/(max-min)*array[[i]][[j]]], -> {i, length-1}, -> {j, length-1}] -> ] -> ] -> ->All that is produced is the following error message: -> -> ListContourPlot::nonopt: -> Options expected (instead of {<<36>>}) beyond position 1 in -> ListContourPlot[{<<37>>}, {<<36>>}]. An option must be a rule or a -> list of rules. -> -> ->Any suggestions? -> ->Thanks in advance, -> ->Fredo How about this: rainbowContour[ array_, label_, hscale_:1 ] := ListContourPlot[ array, ColorFunction -> (Hue[ #/hscale ]&), PlotLabel -> label ] /; Positive[ hscale ] The optional third parameter (hscale, defaults to 1) serves the same role as the coefficient 1.1 in your rainbowColor function. ListContourPlot feeds the ColorFunction arguments already scaled to the interval [0, 1], so no additional scaling is necessary, other than to shrink the values a bit (since Hue[0] and Hue[1] do indeed look the same to me). By the way, in your rainbowColor function, you might want to subtract min from array[[i, j]] in the table. Otherwise, it looks to me as though your arguments to Hue might violate its domain (0 to 1). Paul ************************************************************************** * Paul A. Rubin Phone: (517) 432-3509 * * Department of Management Fax: (517) 432-1111 * * Eli Broad Graduate School of Management Net: RUBIN at MSU.EDU * * Michigan State University * * East Lansing, MI 48824-1122 (USA) * ************************************************************************** Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whenever you say something to them, they translate it into their own language, and at once it is something entirely different. J. W. v. GOETHE