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Re: DiscretePlot filling is darker above axis than below

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  • Subject: [mg121365] Re: DiscretePlot filling is darker above axis than below
  • From: "Christopher O. Young" <cy56 at comcast.net>
  • Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 04:22:37 -0400 (EDT)
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Thanks very much, that helps a lot. Amazing the amount of choices one has!


On 9/10/11 7:33 AM, in article j4fhuo$2gp$1 at smc.vnet.net, "Oleksandr
Rasputinov" <oleksandr_rasputinov at hmamail.com> wrote:

> 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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