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Re: VectorColorFunction

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  • Subject: [mg124479] Re: VectorColorFunction
  • From: Dan <dflatin at rcn.com>
  • Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:14:53 -0500 (EST)
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On Jan 20, 2:00 am, Peter Rodenbach <peter.rodenb... at googlemail.com>
wrote:
> Hi experts,
>
> I want to plot via ListVectorPlot a Field of Vectors. I obtained the
> vectors from a physics experiment. The Norm of all vectors is very
> similar, and what is important is its direction!
>
> Therefore, what I want to do now is: give each vector a color with a
> different direction a different color, e.g., up to 0.5degree red, 0.5
> to 1 degree yellow, etc.
>
> The Problem: The norm of each vector is used as argument for the
> function that determines the color, according to the help
>
> "With the setting VectorColorFunction->func, the arguments supplied to
> func are as follows" ,...., x,y,Subscript[v, x],Subscript[v,
> y],Norm[{Subscript[v, x],Subscript[v, y]}]"
>
> Does anyone have an idea for a workaround?
>
> Thanks
>
> Peter

Another solution, using VectorColorFunction:

directionHue={x,y,vx,vy,n}\[Function]Hue[Rescale[ArcTan[vx,vy],{-\[Pi],
\[Pi]}]];
data=Table[{Sin[x],Cos[y]},{x,-2,2,0.1},{y,-2,2,0.1}];
ListVectorPlot[data,
  VectorColorFunction->directionHue,
  VectorColorFunctionScaling->False
]

-- Dan



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