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- function map = colormap(arg)
- %COLORMAP Set the color look-up table.
- % COLORMAP(MAP) sets the current figure's colormap to MAP.
- % COLORMAP('default') sets the current figure's colormap to
- % the root's default, whose factory setting is HSV.
- % MAP = COLORMAP retrieves the current colormap. The values
- % are in the range from 0 to 1.
- %
- % A color map matrix may have any number of rows, but it must have
- % exactly 3 columns. Each row is interpreted as a color, with the
- % first element specifying the intensity of red light, the second
- % blue, and the third green. Color intensity can be specified on the
- % interval 0.0 to 1.0.
- % For example, [0 0 0] is black, [1 1 1] is white,
- % [1 0 0] is pure red, [.5 .5 .5] is gray, and
- % [127/255 1 212/255] is aquamarine.
- %
- % Graphics objects that use pseudocolor -- SURFACE and PATCH objects,
- % which are created by the functions MESH, SURF, and PCOLOR -- map
- % a color matrix, C, whose values are in the range [Cmin, Cmax],
- % to an array of indices, k, in the range [1, m].
- % The values of Cmin and Cmax are either min(min(C)) and max(max(C)),
- % or are specified by CAXIS. The mapping is linear, with Cmin
- % mapping to index 1 and Cmax mapping to index m. The indices are
- % then used with the colormap to determine the color associated
- % with each matrix element. See CAXIS for details.
- %
- % Type HELP COLOR to see a number of useful colormaps.
- %
- % COLORMAP is an M-file that sets the Colormap property of the current
- % figure.
- %
- % See also COLOR, HSV, CAXIS, SPINMAP, BRIGHTEN, RGBPLOT, FIGURE.
-
- % Copyright (c) 1984-93 by The MathWorks, Inc.
-
- if (nargin == 0)
- map = get(gcf, 'Colormap');
- return
- end
- if isstr(arg)
- if strcmp(arg,'default')
- set(gcf,'Colormap','default');
- return
- else
- arg = eval(arg);
- end
- end
- if ~isempty(arg)
- if (size(arg,2) ~= 3)
- error('Colormap must have 3 columns: [R,G,B].');
- end
- if min(min(arg)) < 0 | max(max(arg)) > 1
- error('Colormap must have values in [0,1].')
- end
- end
- set(gcf, 'Colormap', arg);
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