make_custom_patch_l​egend

Make a legend with customized colors and labels, independent of plotted data.

Version 1.2.2 (2.02 KB)
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14 May 2020

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[] = MAKE_CUSTOM_PATCH_LEGEND(colors, labels)
MAKE_CUSTOM_PATCH_LEGEND will plot a custom legend on the current figure.
It uses a hack involving invisible patch objects that I don't understand.
COLORS: either a cell array of n MATLAB color strings ('r', 'b', 'k', etc.);
or a column vector of n scalars, which will index into the current colormap;
or a n x 3 matrix of RGB values for each patch.
LABELS: a cell array of n string labels for your legend.
VARARGIN: name/value arguments to pass to legend().

Cite As

Jonah Pearl (2026). make_custom_patch_legend (https://ch.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/74952-make_custom_patch_legend), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
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Version Published Release Notes
1.2.2

Trying again. Added list of default MATLAB colors.
1.2.1

1.2 update push didn't work for some reason.
1.2

Fixed the same spot, so that the for-loop indexing depends on the argument.
1.1

Changed line 49 from length(...) to size(...,1).
1.0.0