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Re: How to define bar area colors in a histogram

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On 08.04.2018 17:49, Bengt T wrote:
> I use the following input to gnuplot:
> 
> #*****
> clear
> reset
> 
> set key left top verical
> 
> set xtics rotate
> set ytics rotate
> set ytics 0, 200
> set y2tics rotate
> set y2tics 0, 200
> 
> set grid
> 
> set style data histogram
> set style fill solid border
> set style histogram rowstacked
> set boxwidth 0.5 relative
> 
> set terminal jpeg font "Droid Sans Mono"
> set output "tmp.jpg"
> 
> plot for [COL=2:4] 'testdata.txt' using COL:xticlabels(1) title columnheader
> #*****
> 
> for the following data (testdata.txt):
> 
> #****
> Date    Key_1   Key_2   Key_3
> 2017-01-31      50      50      50
> 2017-02-28      75      50      150
> 2017-03-31      25      100     200
> 2017-04-30      150     200     250
> 2017-05-31      200     50      100
> #****
> 
> In my PC this results in bars with red, green and blue areas.
> 
> I kindly ask for advises on how to define other colors? 
> 

You can predefine the colors by setting the color of the linetype.

As example

set linetype 1 lc rgb 'green'
set linetype 2 lc rgb 'yellow'
set linetype 3 lc rgb 'goldenrod'

gives the three columns in green, yellow and goldenrod to you.

Jörg

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How to define bar area colors in a histogram Bengt T <bengt_tornqvist@hotmail.com> - 2018-04-08 08:49 -0700
  Re: How to define bar area colors in a histogram Jörg Buchholz <bookwood4new@freenet.de> - 2018-04-10 08:48 +0200
    Re: How to define bar area colors in a histogram Bengt T <bengt_tornqvist@hotmail.com> - 2018-04-10 04:29 -0700

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