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From: Dieter Britz <britz@chem.au.dk>
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Subject: Re: Colour
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:27:28 +0200
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James Waldby wrote:

> On Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:33:09 +0000, Dieter Britz wrote:
> 
>> I would like to have a plot with a pale yellow background and black
>> points. How do I specify these? The plot will be either gif or jpeg.
>> 
>> And which is more compact, gif or jpeg? I want to display plots on a
>> homepage.
> 
> Re background for a png image, (perhaps better than gif or jpeg), see
>
<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/69480/how-do-i-change-the-background-color-in-gnuplot>
> 
> Re point color, in gnuplot type
>    help colors
> 

Thanks. I note that the example is for png. Of jpeg, gif and png, which
is best suited for a picture on a home page? I have a suspicion that
I won't be able to get canvas colour for gif or jpeg, though. Will
have to experiment.
-- 
Dieter Britz (dieterhansbritz<at>gmail.com)