Version 8.04 for Windows.
I noticed that when I have 2 data sets and use ListPlot for them, the points shown do not match the color specified by the PlotStyle parameter for the line color itself when using Joined->True .
I just want to find out if I can not understand the meaning of PlotStyle here.
Here is an example:
data1 = {{1, 1}, {2, 1.5}, {3, 2}}; data2 = {{1, 1.5}, {2, 2.5}, {3, 3}}; ListPlot[{data1, data2}, PlotStyle -> {Red, Blue}, Joined -> False, Mesh -> All, AxesOrigin -> {0, 0}]
Note that the dots have the correct colors according to PlotStyle (red, then blue).
Now, when I add Joined->True , let's see what happens:
data1 = {{1, 1}, {2, 1.5}, {3, 2}}; data2 = {{1, 1.5}, {2, 2.5}, {3, 3}}; ListPlot[{data1, data2}, PlotStyle -> {Red, Blue}, Joined -> True, Mesh -> All, AxesOrigin -> {0, 0}]
Now the dots in the top line, which are blue, have changed color to red, which is the color of the dots of the bottom line !.
It makes sense?
One way to overcome this is to explicitly add PlotMarkers to give colors to the dots, for example:
data1 = {{1, 1}, {2, 1.5}, {3, 2}}; data2 = {{1, 1.5}, {2, 2.5}, {3, 3}}; ListPlot[{data1, data2}, PlotStyle -> {Red, Blue}, Joined -> True, Mesh -> All, AxesOrigin -> {0, 0}, PlotMarkers -> {{Graphics[{Red, Point[{0, 0}]}], 12}, {Graphics[{Blue, Point[{0, 0}]}], 12}}]
Question: Why do the dots change color to red in the top row (second graph above)? and is there a simpler solution for this that I did above?
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try MeshStyle -> {Red, Blue} also mixes things:
data1 = {{1, 1}, {2, 1.5}, {3, 2}}; data2 = {{1, 1.5}, {2, 2.5}, {3, 3}}; ListPlot[{data1, data2}, PlotStyle -> {Red, Blue}, Joined -> True, AxesOrigin -> {0, 0}, Mesh -> All, MeshStyle -> {Red, Blue}]
thanks