MATLAB: Multiple colormap not working when using COLORMAP(AX,…)

colormapmultiple axesplot

Hi, when trying to set two colormaps on one image, with the simple example below, the first colormap get overwritten.
figure
ax1 = subplot(2,1,1);
surf(peaks)
colormap(ax1,spring)
ax2 = subplot(2,1,2);
surf(peaks)
colormap(ax2,winter)
matlab R2013a

Best Answer

Prior to R2014b, colormaps could only be applied to a figure as a whole, not to individual axes. There are a few workarounds, such as using freezecolors, or adding an offset to the data in one subplot and creating a colormap that includes different colors for the two data ranges.