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Re: DiscretePlot filling is darker above axis than below

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  • Subject: [mg121326] Re: DiscretePlot filling is darker above axis than below
  • From: "Oleksandr Rasputinov" <oleksandr_rasputinov at hmamail.com>
  • Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 07:30:18 -0400 (EDT)
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On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 10:51:45 +0100, Christopher O. Young  
<cy56 at comcast.net> wrote:

> Can't seem to get the filling to come out the same darkness above and  
> below
> the axis.
>
> Show[
>  DiscretePlot[
>   Sin[t], {t, 0, 2 \[Pi], \[Pi]/6},
>   ExtentSize -> \[Pi]/12,
>   PlotStyle -> {Red, Opacity[0.5]},
>   Filling -> Axis,
>   FillingStyle -> {Red, Opacity[0.5]}
>   ],
> Plot[Sin[t], {t, 0, 2 Pi}
>   ]
>  ]
>

According to the documentation of DiscretePlot,

Filling -> Axis, FillingStyle -> {Red, Opacity[0.5]}

means that bars above the axis will be red, and bars below will be 50%  
opaque. If you want them to be both red and 50% opaque regardless of  
position above or below the axis, you should use

Directive[Red, Opacity[0.5]]

although using this Directive for both PlotStyle and FillingStyle results  
in 75% opaque regions where the fill and markers are drawn on top of one  
another. Ordinarily one would solve this by specifying PlotStyle -> None,  
but for some reason DiscretePlot does not respond to this setting, and so  
we must draw completely transparent plot markers to get the same effect:

Show[
  DiscretePlot[
   Sin[t], {t, 0, 2 \[Pi], \[Pi]/6},
   ExtentSize -> \[Pi]/12,
   PlotStyle -> Opacity[0],
   Filling -> Axis,
   FillingStyle -> Directive[Red, Opacity[0.5]]
   ],
  Plot[Sin[t], {t, 0, 2 Pi}
  ]
]




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