[Tex/LaTex] pgfplots line colors

Question

Is it possible to make pgfplots use a predefined color map while plotting multiple lines, I currently have 9 samples that I want to plot, but don't want to type different colors for each one. Right now they are all showing up as black. Let me know if this is possible, thanks!

Answer 1

You can use cycle list name=<list>. there are few pre-defined lists --

1. color (from top to bottom)
2. exotic
3. black white
4. mark list
5. mark list*
6. linestyles
7. linestyles*
8. auto

If you want you can create your own list like

\pgfplotscreateplotcyclelist{mycolorlist}{%
blue,every mark/.append style={fill=blue!80!black},mark=*\\%
red,every mark/.append style={fill=red!80!black},mark=square*\\%
brown!60!black,every mark/.append style={fill=brown!80!black},mark=otimes*\\%
black,mark=star\\%
blue,every mark/.append style={fill=blue!80!black},mark=diamond*\\%
red,densely dashed,every mark/.append style={solid,fill=red!80!black},mark=*\\%
brown!60!black,densely dashed,every mark/.append style={
solid,fill=brown!80!black},mark=square*\\%
black,densely dashed,every mark/.append style={solid,fill=gray},mark=otimes*\\%
blue,densely dashed,mark=star,every mark/.append style=solid\\%
red,densely dashed,every mark/.append style={solid,fill=red!80!black},mark=diamond*\\%
}

and use it as cycle list name=mylist.

Code (taken from pgfplots manual):

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[
stack plots=y,stack dir=minus,
cycle list name=color list]
\addplot coordinates {(0,1) (0.5,1) (1,1)};
\addplot coordinates {(0,1) (0.5,1) (1,1)};
\addplot coordinates {(0,1) (0.5,1) (1,1)};
\addplot coordinates {(0,1) (0.5,1) (1,1)};
\addplot coordinates {(0,1) (0.5,1) (1,1)};
\addplot coordinates {(0,1) (0.5,1) (1,1)};
\addplot coordinates {(0,1) (0.5,1) (1,1)};
\addplot coordinates {(0,1) (0.5,1) (1,1)};
\addplot coordinates {(0,1) (0.5,1) (1,1)};
\addplot coordinates {(0,1) (0.5,1) (1,1)};
\addplot coordinates {(0,1) (0.5,1) (1,1)};
\addplot coordinates {(0,1) (0.5,1) (1,1)};
\addplot coordinates {(0,1) (0.5,1) (1,1)};
\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}