PlotLegends`
PlotLegends`

ShadowBackground

As of Version 9, all the functionality of the PlotLegends package is built into the Wolfram System.

ShadowBackground

is an option for ShadowBox or Legend that specifies the style for a drop shadow.

Details and Options

  • To use ShadowBackground, you first need to load the Plot Legends Package using Needs["PlotLegends`"].
  • With ShadowBackground->style, the style should be a color primitive.
  • The default style is GrayLevel[0].

Examples

Basic Examples  (1)

Color the background gray:

Wolfram Research (2007), ShadowBackground, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/PlotLegends/ref/ShadowBackground.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2007), ShadowBackground, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/PlotLegends/ref/ShadowBackground.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2007. "ShadowBackground." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/PlotLegends/ref/ShadowBackground.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2007). ShadowBackground. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/PlotLegends/ref/ShadowBackground.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_shadowbackground, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ShadowBackground}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/PlotLegends/ref/ShadowBackground.html}", note=[Accessed: 03-July-2025 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_shadowbackground, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ShadowBackground}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/PlotLegends/ref/ShadowBackground.html}, note=[Accessed: 03-July-2025 ]}