imcolormaptool

Choose Colormap tool

Syntax

imcolormaptool

imcolormaptool(h)

htool = imcolormaptool(___)

Description

Use the imcolormaptool function to create a Choose Colormap tool. The Choose Colormap tool is an interactive colormap selection tool that allows you to change the colormap of a figure by selecting a colormap from a list of MATLAB^® colormap functions or workspace variables, or by entering a custom MATLAB expression.

Choose Colormap Tool

imcolormaptool launches the Choose Colormap tool in a separate figure, which is associated with the current figure.

imcolormaptool(h) launches the Choose Colormap tool using h as the target figure. h must contain either a grayscale or an indexed image.

htool = imcolormaptool(___) returns a handle to the Choose Colormap tool figure, htool.

Examples

Open Choose Colormap Tool

h = figure;
imshow("cameraman.tif")
imcolormaptool(h); 

Input Arguments

h — Graphics object

figure | axes

Graphics object, specified as a figure or axes.

Output Arguments

htool — Handle to Choose Colormap tool figure

handle

Handle to Choose Colormap tool figure, returned as a handle.

Version History

Introduced in R2009a