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Python-style plots in Mathematica
In this answer, I will concentrate on the colors only to create something like this
Copying the colors from python is a very fast way to get similar results. Nevertheless, the best way to understand ...
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Python-style plots in Mathematica
Using color functions efficiently in data visualizations is more of an art than a recipe, so don't worry if you're not "good" at it yet. It's only a matter of time :)
Copying the color schemes from ...
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How to write Morse code into Plot Dashing?
First define the Morse code (from rosettacode.org with corrections by @evanb)
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Thickness of logarithmic tick marks
Reproduced in v.10.0.0 under Win7 x64. In versions 8.0.4 and 9.0.1 the behavior differs in details but the bug is also present: only major logarithmic frame ticks change their thickness, but not minor ...
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How to make figures in a casual, old-fashioned style
If you want grungy diagrams, you could always pass your graphics through JPEG export at a high level of compression, then re-import:
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How to use an image as a plot background
One can use Prolog to create a background for a Plot.
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PlotStyle like ocean waves?
You can get a little bit of sparkling by using a high Specularity coefficient, but the result tends to look more like shiny plastic than water.
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How to make PlotMarkers constructed from Graphics track plot style?
Though I was expecting to need something fancy I stumbled upon a simple solution:
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What are the default Frame / Axes styles and how can I find them?
Hunting through the stylesheets is effective, but does not necessarily give you the current value being used if it has been modified. Instead, use
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Customize ColorData function
If you inspect the InputForm of the "ColorFunction" property for ...
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A Smooth and Round Voronoi Mesh
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We can discretize the rounded Polygon objects and then add the negative of the mesh through Prolog.
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Mathematica 12.3.1 CapForm does not work with ContourStyle anymore?
Dashing was extended in 12.3. As such, you need to specify the cap type as part of the dashing spec. i.e.,
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What is a numeric value of PlotStyle?
The syntax PlotStyle -> n is an abbreviation for using the indexed color scheme: PlotStyle -> ColorData[Number].
There are ...
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Graph: Coloring parallel edges individually
Update 3: With the new-in-version-12.1 function EdgeTaggedGraph we can style and label edges individually in multi-graphs:
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How can I create a help button that looks more "professional"?
Why not just use the graphic in the question, or any other images that you like:
Use ImageSize to control the final size of the button:
An alternative, that I use ...
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Creating a Hexagonal Lattice with VoronoiMesh
If you are not completely attached to Voronoi, you might consider tiling with hexagons and then perturbing their coordinates. GraphicsComplex makes it work.
Define ...
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PlotStyle like ocean waves?
Rotate it around and you'll see that M is "not there yet" as @J.M. notes. From just about any point of view, it cannot really model sunlight reflecting off the surface. (If M can, then I can'...
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Set the style of a cell
I don't know if any of them can be callled documented but I know three ways to do this:
mentioned above:
FrontEndToken way:
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Style in Graphics or Graphics3D?
In Graphics and Graphics3D Style behaves mostly as a grouping construct like ...
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How to create parabolic mesh?
Unfortunately, I don't know how to completely fix that plotting artifact at "z" axis.
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How to create parabolic mesh?
Update: Better mesh grid
This code, while using the parametrization in my original answer that removes the glitch at the z-axis, better reproduces the mesh in the OP's figure. One problem all the ...
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How to share stylesheets (with a preview)?
Preview Notebooks / Extra Paclet Features
I decided it was worth it to add some extra features to this thing as it's a good example of what paclets can do for you.
First off, I added a little ...
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How to print $\odot$ without it being cropped? (\[CircleDot] symbol)
The circle is not cropped when used in a Subscript:
Subscript["M", "⊙"]
Thus, by using this answer you can easily do:
<...
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How to retrieve current FaceForm?
I believe you want "FrontFaceColor" which can be found as a specification in this list:
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Highlighting pattern strings in a large text
There is another way that is on my machine almost 500x faster then your solution. The idea is to look how Mathematica represents colored strings and use this directly.
When we colorize an input ...
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Guidelines for planning custom GUI in Mathematica
Things to keep in mind when developing complex GUI in Mathematica:
Wolfram System general issues:
Styles management/inheritance system (StyleSheets and friend)
It is complicated, full of exceptions ...
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Replicating a PlotStyle from Trees, Maps, and Theorems
Try the following: (if you don't understand what an option does, leave a comment - but please look in the documentation center first)
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