I would like to use colorbrewer
with pgfplots
to nicely color some graphs in my document. However, this minimal working example given in the answer to another question
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{compat=1.15}
\usepgfplotslibrary{colorbrewer}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[
colorbrewer cycle list=Dark2,
]
\addplot {rnd};
\addplot {rnd-1};
\addplot {rnd-2};
\addplot {rnd-3};
\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
throws this error:
./Plots.tex:47: Package pgfkeys Error: I do not know the key
'/tikz/colorbrewer cycle list', to which you passed 'Dark2', and I am
going to ignore it. Perhaps you misspelled it.
I assume the error comes from an incorrect installation of the relevant files from Github. I am currently using MacOS.
I followed the installation steps and copied all files to a folder I created in
/usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/tex/latex/colorbrewer
and ran the texhash command – to no avail.
Why can't I get nice colors in my pgfplot plots? Am I at least correct in assuming that the installation is the cause of my troubles, or is the library already included in the colorbrewer package?
Best Answer
You shouldn't have to install the library separately, it is included with
pgfplots
. But you should usecycle list/Dark2
, notcolorbrewer cycle list=Dark2
.Output with
ultra thick
: