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[?] Give a different color to each point in a plot of points?

Brayan Del Valle

Posted 8 years ago

Hello everyone, I'm new in mathematica so I have had some problems with it :/ . I have to make a plot from a science data in a 3D plot using points, and I have to give to each point a different color... and that's where is my issue. I've been trying with this colorfunc = ColorData["Rainbow"]; norm = (vels - Min[vels])1000; (Some of the velocities are <0 so I plus them a value to avoid this.*) cs = Normalize[norm]; Graphics3D[{PointSize[0.005], colorfunc@#[[1]], Point[#[[2]]]} & /@ Transpose[{cs, coord}], Axes -> True] where coord is a 3D list of points (x,y and z cords),vels is a list with velocities, cs is the list containing the data for the colors. My problem is that when I execute the code the graph that I get has all the points with pretty similar colors, and I already know that I should see a difference between them, so I'm asking you for help with this. How should I give a different color to each point in such a way that I can see the difference between each point? Thank you.

POSTED BY: Brayan Del Valle

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Michael Rogers

Michael Rogers, Emory University

Posted 8 years ago

There is a built-in function for doing what you want, `Rescale`: colorfunc = ColorData["Rainbow"]; Graphics3D[{PointSize[0.02], Point[coord, VertexColors -> colorfunc /@ Rescale[vels]]}, Axes -> True] Since you mention the zero velocity, you might want to control what color represents zero. The `Interpolation` below runs uniformly between ± the maximum speed, so that the zero velocity coincides with the color at `0.5`. It can be used to rescale the velocity. resc = Interpolation[{{-Max@Abs[vels], 0.}, {Max@Abs[vels], 1.}}, InterpolationOrder -> 1]; (* assume velocities of different signs *) colorfunc = Blend[{ColorData["TemperatureMap"][#], Black}, (1.2 # (1 - #))^2] &; Graphics3D[ {PointSize[0.02], Point[coord, VertexColors -> colorfunc /@ resc[vels]]}, Axes -> True] One can give more waypoints to the interpolation so that the zero velocity is assigned specifically to a value. The scaling above and below zero can vary. For example, resc2 = Interpolation[{{Min[vels], 0.}, {0., 0.5}, {Max[vels], 1.}}, InterpolationOrder -> 1]; One can plot the velocities, too: Graphics[{ Thick, Line[MapIndexed[Flatten@{#2, #1} &, vels], VertexColors -> colorfunc /@ resc[vels]] }, AspectRatio -> 0.618, Axes -> True, Frame -> True, PlotLabel -> "Velocities at the points"]

There is a built-in function for doing what you want, Rescale:

colorfunc = ColorData["Rainbow"];
Graphics3D[{PointSize[0.02], 
  Point[coord, VertexColors -> colorfunc /@ Rescale[vels]]},
 Axes -> True]

enter image description here

Since you mention the zero velocity, you might want to control what color represents zero. The Interpolation below runs uniformly between ± the maximum speed, so that the zero velocity coincides with the color at 0.5. It can be used to rescale the velocity.

resc = Interpolation[{{-Max@Abs[vels], 0.}, {Max@Abs[vels], 1.}}, InterpolationOrder -> 1]; (* assume velocities of different signs *)
colorfunc = Blend[{ColorData["TemperatureMap"][#], Black}, (1.2 # (1 - #))^2] &;
Graphics3D[
 {PointSize[0.02], Point[coord, VertexColors -> colorfunc /@ resc[vels]]},
 Axes -> True]

enter image description here

One can give more waypoints to the interpolation so that the zero velocity is assigned specifically to a value. The scaling above and below zero can vary. For example,

resc2 = Interpolation[{{Min[vels], 0.}, {0., 0.5}, {Max[vels], 1.}}, InterpolationOrder -> 1];

One can plot the velocities, too:

Graphics[{
  Thick,
  Line[MapIndexed[Flatten@{#2, #1} &, vels], 
   VertexColors -> colorfunc /@ resc[vels]]
  }, AspectRatio -> 0.618, Axes -> True, Frame -> True, 
 PlotLabel -> "Velocities at the points"]

enter image description here

POSTED BY: Michael Rogers

David J M Park Jr

Posted 8 years ago

If you index your points by i you could use ColorData[97][I] for your colorfunc. This gives a distinctly different color for adjacent points on the list but the colors are pretty much random. Look at the Color Schemes palette, 97 under Indexed. This is, by the way, what Mathematica uses for coloring successive curves when plotted in a single Plot statement.