is an option that specifies how colors of cells should be determined from values.
ColorRules
is an option that specifies how colors of cells should be determined from values.
Details
- The rules given by ColorRules are applied to the value of each cell.
- Rules for ColorRules can involve patterns.
- If the result from applying ColorRules is None , the background color will be used.
- If none of the rules in ColorRules apply, then ColorFunction is used to determine the color.
- With the default setting ColorRules->Automatic , an explicit setting ColorFunction->f is used instead of ColorRules .
Examples
open all close allBasic Examples (4)
Use color rules for ArrayPlot :
Use color rules for MatrixPlot :
Use color rules for GeoRegionValuePlot :
Use color rules for Colorize :
Scope (4)
ColorRules can involve patterns:
If no explicit color rules apply, the default ArrayPlot coloring is used:
Color rules are applied before color function:
Cases specified as None are rendered in the background color:
Applications (3)
Modular operations tables:
Highlight cells where the GCD is 1:
Color a cellular automaton pattern:
Related Guides
History
Introduced in 2004 (5.1)
Text
Wolfram Research (2004), ColorRules, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ColorRules.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2004. "ColorRules." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ColorRules.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2004). ColorRules. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ColorRules.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_colorrules, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ColorRules}", year="2004", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ColorRules.html}", note=[Accessed: 05-December-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_colorrules, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ColorRules}, year={2004}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ColorRules.html}, note=[Accessed: 05-December-2025]}