[Eeglablist] Same colors on ERP plots

[Tim Mullen]

btw, you'll want to remove the color linkage before updating the colors via
my previous code snippet.

Tim

On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 1:43 AM, Tim Mullen <mullen.tim at gmail.com> wrote:

> That's odd. The only possibility that immediately comes to mind then is
> that the color properties of these two lineseries objects are linked (via
> linkprop()).
>
> Try removing any color linkage via the following code:
>
> hlink = getappdata(gca,'graphics_linkprop')
> removeprop(hlink,'color')
>
> Let me know if that resolves it. Also, which EEGLAB function are you using
> to produce the graphic?
>
> Tim
>
> On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 1:23 AM, mirek <3mirek at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Thanks for the suggestions. The strange thing is that when I use Tim's
>> script, the lines do change their colors into another. But each two lines
>> which were the same, are now in another color, but still the same (and
>> still indistinguishable).
>> http://zpf.psychologia.uj.edu.**pl/hidden/samecolors2.png<http://zpf.psychologia.uj.edu.pl/hidden/samecolors2.png>
>> As you can see, the ColorOrder property shows different colors then are
>> used by ERPs plots.
>>
>> Still I can pick them and change the color manually to identify them, but
>> unfortunately, when exploring more data it becomes extremely inconvenient.
>> I'm not sure if it some version specific problem? I use Matlab R2011b
>> glnx64 / EEGLAB 11.0.3.1b / Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / KDE
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> --
>> Mirek Wyczesany
>> Jagiellonian University
>> Psychophysiology Lab
>> Kraków, PL
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 03.08.2012 22:09, Tim Mullen wrote:
>>
>>> If the ERP waveforms are the only line objects in that axis the
>>> automated solution is simple:
>>>
>>> % ---------------------------
>>> % First make sure the axis containing lines has focus by e.g. clicking
>>> on it
>>> % Also check the 'tag' property of the axis -- if it has a unique tag
>>> you can use findobj() to grab its handle automatically.
>>>
>>> % 1) get the handle to current axis containing lines:
>>> axhandle = gca;
>>>
>>> % 2) get the handles of the lines
>>> lines = findobj(axhandle,'type','line'**);
>>>
>>> % 3) define a color scheme. Also check out distinguishable_colors() from
>>> Matlab FEX
>>> colors = hsv(length(lines));
>>>
>>> % 4) recolor the lines
>>> for k=1:length(lines)
>>>      set(lines(k),'color',colors(k,**:));
>>> end
>>> % ---------------------------
>>>
>>> - Tim
>>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Makoto Miyakoshi <mmiyakoshi at ucsd.edu<mailto:
>>> mmiyakoshi at ucsd.edu>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     Dear Mirek,
>>>
>>>     It's just a symptomatic treatment, but let me tell you this anyway.
>>>     Better than nothing.
>>>     You can double click each line to open a figure editor, and you can
>>>     assign colors you like. It would also tell you which line is data1,
>>>     data2,... if you know your data plot order, you should be able to
>>>     identify which one is which.
>>>
>>>     Makoto
>>>
>>>     2012/8/3 mirek <3mirek at gmail.com <mailto:3mirek at gmail.com>>:
>>>
>>>     > Hello, everybody!
>>>     >
>>>     > I have a study design based on 5x2 factors. Unfortunately, when
>>>     plotting
>>>     > the results, the colors of ERP waveform are duplicated. So each two
>>>     > consecutive lines are indistinguishable.
>>>     > The example is here:
>>>     > http://zpf.psychologia.uj.edu.**pl/hidden/samecolors.png<http://zpf.psychologia.uj.edu.pl/hidden/samecolors.png>
>>>     > Any suggestion how to change it?
>>>     >
>>>     > Best,
>>>     >
>>>     > Mirek Wyczesany
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