Retrieve matlab plot colors

Alec Jacobson

August 04, 2015

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I couldn't find any documentation about where the plot line colors are stored or how to access them. Here's a hacky way to retrieve them. Currently plot cycles through 7 colors:

p = plot(repmat(1:7,2,1)); 
plot_colors = reshape([p.Color],3,7)';

Update:

The correct way as Daniele writes in the comments is:

get(groot,'defaultAxesColorOrder')