ContourStyle

ContourStyle

is an option for contour plots that specifies the style in which contour lines or surfaces should be drawn.

Details

  • ContourStyle->g specifies that a graphics directive g should be used to draw all contour lines or surfaces.
  • ContourStyle->{g1,g2,…} specifies that successive directives gi should be used to draw successive contours.
  • If equations are given as input to ContourPlot or ContourPlot3D, the successive directives in ContourStyle->{g1,g2,…} are used cyclically to draw contours for the successive equations.
  • The directives that can be given include:
  • Dashing[{w1,…}]dashing specification
    Directive[g1,g2,…]composite graphics directive
    GrayLevel[i]intensity
    Hue[h]hue
    Opacity[a]opacity
    Red, Blue, etc.named colors
    RGBColor[r,g,b]RGB color
    Thickness[w]line thickness
  • For individual gi, a list of directives is equivalent to Directive[…]. For a single g, a list of directives must be given as {list}.
  • ContourStyle->None specifies that no explicit contour lines or surfaces should be drawn. Contour shading and meshes are not affected.

Examples

Basic Examples  (5)

Contour lines are partially transparent by default:

Use dashed contour lines:

Show only the regions between contours, but not the actual contours:

Use partially transparent contour surfaces in three dimensions:

Give an explicit list of styles for contours:

Wolfram Research (1991), ContourStyle, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ContourStyle.html (updated 2007).

Text

Wolfram Research (1991), ContourStyle, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ContourStyle.html (updated 2007).

CMS

Wolfram Language. 1991. "ContourStyle." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2007. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ContourStyle.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (1991). ContourStyle. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ContourStyle.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2024_contourstyle, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ContourStyle}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ContourStyle.html}", note=[Accessed: 22-December-2024 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2024_contourstyle, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ContourStyle}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ContourStyle.html}, note=[Accessed: 22-December-2024 ]}