Re: Separating line color and dot/dash pattern

[Daniel J S. <dan...@ie...>]

Ethan Merritt wrote:

>
>Good luck. There is no guarantee that any particular terminal device
>is capable of a particular dash style.  We haven't even reached a 
>point where all terminals agree on colors! (Nor do I necessarily
>think they should - what looks good on the screen may not look good
>on paper).
>  
>

Speaking of which, I've been using octave's color scheme for gnuplot.  
Some of the colors in X11 are too bright to contrast against a gray or 
white background.  In particular, green and cyan are difficult to see.  
Whereas in the PDF terminal the colors come out a much darker green and 
cyan.  (Cyan is still a bit bright in PDF, but OK.)  I'd say it isn't so 
much the terminal that is the issue as it is the ultimate plotting 
background color.

Dan