Legend Color doesn't Match the Curves Color

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Good Day;
Here my question is happened often to occur as I see when I searched to solve my problem,but each case it depend on their code. I faced this problem as shown in the attached figure, and I hope to find the solution from you. I used 'hold on'but nothing changed, the code as shown below:
Z=100:250:5000; %Distance Between The Transmitter and Reciever in m
pointing_Err_angle=1*10^-5; %Pointing Error Angle in mrad
lambda=1550e-9; %Wavelength in nm
wo=5*10^-2; %Beam Waist at Z=0 in m
Cn=sqrt(5e-15); %Refractive Index Structure Parameter
% --------------------Calculation Section----------------------------------
k=2*pi/lambda; %The number of optical wave
po=(0.55*(Cn)^2*k^2*Z).^(-3/5); %The Coherence Length
E=(1+2*wo^2./po.^2);
wz=wo*(1+E.*((lambda.*Z)./(pi*wo^2)).^2).^(1/2); %The Beam Waist
r=Z*(pointing_Err_angle); %The Radial Displacement B
%----------------------------------------Calculate Hp-----------------------------
v=(sqrt(pi)*a)./(sqrt(2)*wz);
a0=(erf(v)).^2; %Maximal Fraction of Collected Power at r=0
Wzeq=sqrt(wz.^2*((sqrt(pi).*erf(v))/(2*v.*exp(-v.^2))));
Hp=a0.*exp((-2*r.^2)./((Wzeq).^2));
%----------------------------------Intensity Distribution-------------------------
Rytov_var=[0.1,0.2,0.5,0.8]; %Log irradiance variance (Roytov variance)
for i=1:length(Rytov_var)
for j=1:5:length(Hp)
A1(i,j)=1./(Hp(j).*sqrt(2*pi*Rytov_var(i)));
A2(i,j)=((log(Hp(j))+0.5.*Rytov_var(i)).^2)./2.*Rytov_var(i).^2;
PDF_Hp(i,j)=A1(i,j).*exp(-(A2(i,j)));
end
end
%--------------------------Plot Section------------------------------------
z=1250:1250:5000; %Distance for Plot Purpose
figure(1)
semilogy(z,PDF_Hp,'LineWidth',4);
xlabel('The Distance Z')
ylabel('The Probability Density Function ')
title('The PDF of Hp Vs The Distance')
legend('σ^2_I=0.1','σ^2_I=0.2','σ^2_I=0.5','σ^2_I=0.8')
grid on
figure(2)
semilogy(Rytov_var,PDF_Hp,'LineWidth',3);
xlabel('Roytov variance')
ylabel('The Probability Density Function ')
title('The PDF of Hp Vs Rytove Variance')
legend('σ^2_I=0.1','σ^2_I=0.2','σ^2_I=0.5','σ^2_I=0.8')
grid on

Accepted Answer

Adam Danz
Adam Danz on 15 Sep 2020
Edited: Adam Danz on 15 Sep 2020
I see the problem. Look at the values you're plotting. Assuming a=0.5e-2;
semilogy(z,PDF_Hp,'LineWidth',4);
PDF_Hp =
Columns 1 through 12
59.204 0 0 0 0 74.572 0 0 0 0 130.59 0
33.684 0 0 0 0 41.243 0 0 0 0 66.92 0
5.2821 0 0 0 0 5.3479 0 0 0 0 5.1881 0
0.42448 0 0 0 0 0.30818 0 0 0 0 0.12088 0
Columns 13 through 16
0 0 0 242.89
0 0 0 112.93
0 0 0 4.5326
0 0 0 0.032869
A line is created for each column so your plot actually has 16 lines, not 4.
The reason they don't appear is because in a log plot, 0 is not defined. However, those line objects are still produced - they are just not shown. As evidence of that, check out the 16 object handles.
h = semilogy(z,PDF_Hp,'LineWidth',4)
% h =
% 16×1 Line array:
%
% Line
% Line
% Line
% Line
% Line
% Line
% Line
% Line
% Line
% Line
% Line
% Line
% Line
% Line
% Line
% Line
The reason the "wrong" colors are defined is because you're only asking for the first 4 objects to appear in the legend. But objects 2-3-4 are all non-visible lines.
legend('σ^2_I=0.1','σ^2_I=0.2','σ^2_I=0.5','σ^2_I=0.8')
Solution
Get rid of the columns with 0s in PDF_Hp
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A.J.M
A.J.M on 15 Sep 2020
Thanks a lot, Mr. Adam Danz, the problem was solved. I appreciate your hard efforts
Accept my respect.

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Bjorn Gustavsson
Bjorn Gustavsson on 15 Sep 2020
That's peculiar. What happens if you keep the plot-handle from your calls to semilogy and send that to legend?
ph = semilogy(z,PDF_Hp,'LineWidth',4);
xlabel('The Distance Z')
ylabel('The Probability Density Function ')
title('The PDF of Hp Vs The Distance')
legend(ph,'σ^2_I=0.1','σ^2_I=0.2','σ^2_I=0.5','σ^2_I=0.8')
That will at least allow you to modify the line-colors and check how they change in the plot and in the legend.
HTH
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A.J.M
A.J.M on 15 Sep 2020
I did that, but the same result as shown in the attached figure.
figure(1)
ph=semilogy(z,PDF_Hp,'LineWidth',4);
xlabel('The Distance Z')
ylabel('The Probability Density Function ')
title('The PDF of Hp Vs The Distance')
legend(ph,'σ^2_I=0.1','σ^2_I=0.2','σ^2_I=0.5','σ^2_I=0.8')
grid on

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A.J.M
A.J.M on 15 Sep 2020
Edited: A.J.M on 15 Sep 2020
Is there no one who can solve my problem in the MATLAB forum itself. Where are the experts!!!

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