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Re: combining two contour plots

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  • Subject: [mg47341] Re: combining two contour plots
  • From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
  • Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 06:36:23 -0400 (EDT)
  • Organization: Universitaet Leipzig
  • References: <c4rdgn$mc9$1@smc.vnet.net>
  • Reply-to: kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Hi,

with your coed below

gg = Cases[Graphics[#], {_RGBColor, _Polygon, __}, Infinity] & /@
{plot2, 
        plot1};
Show[Graphics[gg, AspectRatio -> Automatic]]


Regards
  Jens

Vassilis Spanos wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I read the archives, but unfortunately I didn't find an answer to
> a problem I face. I want to combine to colored regions made
> with ContourPlot function, and using Show one covers totally
> another, presumably because white is really white color and
> not transparent.
> 
> Thanks a lot,
> 
> Vassilis Spanos
> 
> Here is what I am doing ...
> 
> colfun[contourvals_, colorlist_][z_] := Module[{i},
>      If[z > Last[contourvals], Return[Last[colorlist]]];
>      i = 1;
>      While[z > contourvals[[i]], i++];
>      colorlist[[i]]]
> 
> contourvals = {1., 2., 4.};
> colorlist = {White, RoyalBlue, Yellow, White};
> 
> plot1 = ContourPlot[x^2 + y^2, {x, -3., 3}, {y, -3., 3.},
>      Contours -> contourvals,
>      ColorFunction -> colfun[contourvals, colorlist],
>      ColorFunctionScaling -> False, ContourShading -> True,
>      PlotPoints -> 25];
> 
> contourvals = {0.5, 1., 3.};
> colorlist = {White, Green, HotPink, White};
> plot2 = ContourPlot[x^2 - y^2, {x, -3., 3}, {y, -3., 3.},
>      Contours -> contourvals,
>      ColorFunction -> colfun[contourvals, colorlist],
>      ColorFunctionScaling -> False, ContourShading -> True,
>      PlotPoints -> 25];
> 
> Show[plot2, plot1]


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