change color of xticklabels or yticklabels

I need help with this:

ax = gca;

ax.XColor = 'w';

ax.YColor = 'w';

changes the color of the axis and the xticklabels. I want the x axis to be a certain color, but the xticklabels another color.

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

[Star Strider]

One approach —

x = 0:0.1:10;
y = exp(-(x-5).^2);

figure
plot(x, y)
hold on
plot(xlim, [0 0]+min(ylim), 'g')
hold off
Ax = gca;
xt = Ax.XTick;
xtv = compose('%.0f',xt);
Ax.XAxis.Visible = 'off';
text(xt,zeros(size(xt)), xtv, 'Color','r', 'Horiz','center', 'Vert','top') 

This turns the x-axis visibility off, draws the x-axis in green, and plots the tick values in red. The ticks themselves are also now invisible, they would have to be added back with a plot call if desired.

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[Sergio Yanez-Pagans]

Thank you!

[Star Strider]

As always, my pleasure!

Also, for the y-tick labels, the text call would be:

text(zeros(size(yt)), yt, ytv, 'Color','r', 'Horiz','right', 'Vert','middle') 

although that could require some experimentation.

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