colorbar

Add a color-scale legend to the figure.

Syntax

h = colorbar
h = colorbar(side, ...)

Description

Adds a vertical colorbar showing the mapping from data values to colors. Optional side is a string: 'east' (right, default), 'west', 'north', 'south'. Trailing name-value pairs control colorbar properties.

Examples

surf(peaks(50)); colorbar
colorbar('south')

See also

• legend — Add a legend to the chart.