Set the Yticklabel to different colors

Hi all, I used this code to set the color of XLable:xlabel('\color{magenta}Love').It works.But I used this way to set the color of Yticklabel,it didn't work(set(h,'Yticklabel',{'\color{magenta}Love','b'})).I want to know how I can set the Yticklabel to different colors.

Thanks for all your kindly answering.

[yang yang]

I want to know how I can make the YTickLabels in different colors.I mean I want every one label has a different color from the others.

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

There is no direct mechanism for doing this. The tick labels are not processed through the Interpreter, and are not processed as HTML, and there is no color specifier for them other than the axis color that Elige mentions.

The best you can do is to text() them in to place yourself.

[yang yang]

Thanks for your answer.I think your idea may work,I will try later.

Answer 2

[Frank Zalkow]

Something in this vein works:

% make a plot
plot([1,2,3])

% get the current tick labeks
ticklabels = get(gca,'YTickLabel');

% prepend a color for each tick label
ticklabels_new = cell(size(ticklabels));
for i = 1:length(ticklabels)
    ticklabels_new{i} = ['\color{red} ' ticklabels{i}];
end

% set the tick labels
set(gca, 'YTickLabel', ticklabels_new);

[Walter Roberson]

Note: this requires R2014b or later; in versions earlier than that, the tick labels are not processed by latex or tex.

Answer 3

[Giorgio]

The possibility of customizing the colors of the tick labels is now available.

A well written explanation is reported here: https://undocumentedmatlab.com/blog/customizing-axes-tick-labels

Additional reference from Matlab: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/matlab.graphics.axis.axes-properties.html#property_d119e51283

[Nikolaus Koopmann]

thanks dude! worked like a charm!

Answer 4

[Dr. Seis]

This not only changes the color of the tick label, it also changes the color of the specified axis:

set(h,'YTickLabel','Hate|Dislike|SoSo|Okay|Great|Love','YColor','magenta');

This example replaces the 6 default YTickLabels with the labels specified above in addition to changing the color of the text and axis to magenta.

[yang yang]

Thanks for your answer.But I want to know how I can make the YTickLabels in different colors.I mean I want every one label has a different color from the others.

[Dr. Seis]

Not sure if there is a way to do this with HTML... all my tests at trying to do so failed. Anyone else have an idea?

[yang yang]

Thanks for your answer again!

Answer 5

[Andrew Gibbons]

If you happen to be creating a GUI, use

axes(handles.axes1)
handles.axes1.XColor = [1 1 1] %[1 1 1] is for white, [0 0 0] for black, and in between are different colors

This specifies which axes you want to modify and then XColor changes the color of the x-axis.

[Walter Roberson]

This sets the color of everything to do with that axes, including grid lines and tick marks.