BOX FILL COLOR

BOX ... FILL COLOR

Plot Control Command

Specifies the color to use for the interior region of a box to appear on subsequent plots (as specified via the BOX ... COORDINATES command) or boxes generated by the BOX command. Up to 100 boxes can be specified with the BOX ... COORDINATES command.

Dataplot provides two methods for specifying colors.
1. Colors can be defined by name (or by the corresponding index). Dataplot adopted it's named colors from the X11 project. Currently, 162 named colors and 100 levels of grayscale are supported. Grayscale can be specified with either G0, G1, ..., G100 (or -1, -2, ..., -100). Many older devices support only a limited number of colors. For these devices, unsupported colors will be mapped to one of the available colors. To specify a named color, see Syntax 1.

2. Most modern graphics devices support full RGB (RedBlueGreen) color. You can alternatively specify RGB colors by entering three integer values to represent the Red, Green and Blue components, respectively. These values should be in the range 0 to 255.

When setting the box fill rgb color, Dataplot first checks if the device supports RGB colors. If not, the named color will be used. If the device does support RGB color, Dataplot will check if an RGB color has been specified. If yes, then that RGB color is used. If not, the named color will be used.

To see the list of supported named colors (with the associated index number), see

https://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/software/dataplot/refman1/ch11/homepage.htm

BOX <id> FILL COLOR <color>
where <id> is a box identifier (a number or parameter) in the integer range 1 to 100;
and     <color> identifies the desired color.

If no <id> is given, all 100 box fill colors will be set to the specified color.

BOX <id> RGB FILL COLOR <red> <green> <blue>
where <id> is a box identifier (a number or parameter) in the integer range 1 to 100;
and     <red>, <green>, <blue> is a list of integer values that specifies the desired RGB box fill color.

If no <id> is given, all 100 box fill colors will be set to the specified color.

To turn off the RGB color, set the values to -1 (any negative value will work). Values greater than 255 will be set to 255.

BOX 1 FILL COLOR GREEN
BOX 2 FILL COLOR BLUE
BOX 1 FILL RGB COLOR 220 109 88
BOX 2 FILL RGB COLOR 175 238 238

Boxes can be generated in two ways. You can use the BOX ... COORDINATES command to place boxes on subsequent plots or you can use the BOX command to draw one box immediately. The BOX FILL COLOR command is used to specify the color of the box interior in either case. When the BOX command is used, the fill color is set to color of the first box (i.e., <id> is 1).

A BOX ... FILL COLOR command with no arguments sets the box color to the default; thus BOX 1 FILL COLOR with no arguments sets the color for box 1 to the default. A BOX ... FILL COLOR command with no <id> refers to all 100 boxes; thus BOX FILL COLOR GREEN sets the color green for all 100 boxes. Note also that BOX FILL COLOR with no <id> and no arguments sets the default color for all 100 boxes.

All box interiors are black.

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PLOT	=	Generates a data or function plot.
BOX	=	Draws a box (immediately).
BOX COORDINATES	=	Generate a box on subsequent plots.
BOX PATTERN	=	Sets the line styles for box borders.
BOX THICKNESS	=	Sets the line thicknesses for box borders.
BOX FILL GAP	=	Sets the spacings for box hatch patterns.
BOX COLOR	=	Sets the color for the box frame.
BOX FILL LINE	=	Sets the line types for box hatch patterns.
BOX FILL PATTERN	=	Sets the fill patterns for boxes.
BOX FILL THICKNESS	=	Sets the line thicknesses for box hatch patterns.
CHARACTER COLOR	=	Sets the colors for plot characters.
LINE COLOR	=	Sets the color for plot lines.
SPIKE COLORS	=	Sets the colors for plot spikes.
BAR FILL COLORS	=	Sets the colors for plot bar fills.
BAR PATTERN COLORS	=	Sets the colors for plot bar patterns.
BAR BORDER COLORS	=	Sets the colors for plot bar borders.
TITLE COLOR	=	Sets the color for plot title.
LABEL COLOR	=	Sets the color for plot labels.
LEGEND COLOR	=	Sets the color for plot legends.
ARROW COLOR	=	Sets the color for plot boxes.
SEGMENT COLOR	=	Sets the color for plot segments.
FRAME COLOR	=	Sets the color for plot frame.
GRID COLOR	=	Sets the color for plot grids.
TIC COLOR	=	Sets the color for plot tics.
TIC LABEL COLOR	=	Sets the color for plot tic labels.
BACKGROUND COLOR	=	Sets the color for plot background.

Presentation Graphics

Pre-1987
2021/05: Support for RGB colors

 
BOX 1 COORDINATES 18 80 23 85
BOX 1 FILL COLOR RED
LEGEND 1 COORDINATES 25 82
LEGEND 1 XSUP()2
.
BOX 2 COORDINATES 18 73 23 78
BOX 2 FILL COLOR BLUE
LEGEND 2 COORDINATES 25 75
LEGEND 2 XSUP()3
.
BOX FILL PATTERN SOLID
LEGEND FONT SIMPLEX
CHARACTER BOX BOX
CHARACTER FILL ON ON
CHARACTER COLOR RED BLUE
.
PLOT X**2 FOR X = 1 1 9 AND
PLOT X**3 FOR X = 1 1 9
.
BOX FILL COLOR GREEN
BOX 18 50 25 57
    

 
BOX 1 COORDINATES 18 80 23 85
BOX 1 FILL COLOR RED
BOX 1 FILL RGB COLOR 220 20 60
LEGEND 1 COORDINATES 25 82
LEGEND 1 XSUP()2
BOX 2 COORDINATES 18 73 23 78
BOX 2 FILL COLOR BLUE
BOX 2 FILL RGB COLOR 175 238 238
LEGEND 2 COORDINATES 25 75
LEGEND 2 XSUP()3
BOX FILL PATTERN SOLID
LEGEND FONT SIMPLEX
CHARACTER BOX BOX
CHARACTER FILL ON ON
CHARACTER COLOR RED BLUE
CHARACTER RGB COLOR 220 20 60 175 238 238
PLOT X**2 FOR X = 1 1 9 AND
PLOT X**3 FOR X = 1 1 9
.
BOX FILL COLOR GREEN
BOX FILL RGB COLOR 0 158 115
BOX 18 50 25 57