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ContourShading

ContourShading
is an option for contour plots that specifies how the regions between contour lines should be shaded.
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  • The following settings can be given:
Noneuse no shading
Automaticuse shading based on ColorFunction
{g1,g2,...}cyclically use successive directives for successive regions
  • With ContourShading->Automatic, regions are colored based on the setting for the option ColorFunction. The default is to color the regions with gray levels running from black to white with increasing height.
  • The value given as the argument for the ColorFunction function is the average of the values of the contour lines bounding a particular region. If ColorFunctionScaling->True, it is scaled so as to lie between 0 and 1.
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Basic Examples   (4)
Shade the regions between contours with colors from the color function:
Leave the regions between contours blank:
Specify an explicit list of colors to shade the regions between contours:
Shade the regions between contours with colors from ColorData:
Shade the regions between contours with colors from the color function:
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Leave the regions between contours blank:
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Specify an explicit list of colors to shade the regions between contours:
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Shade the regions between contours with colors from ColorData:
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