Specify the default settings for contours

File > Options > Individual Graphs > Contour Plots > Options

Specify default settings for the appearance of contour plots. The changes you make to the defaults remain until you change them again, even after you exit Minitab.

Data Display

• Area: Fill the areas between the contour levels.
• Contour lines: Connect the points that define contour levels with lines.
• Symbol: Display symbols.
  • Symbol color: Select the color for the symbols.

When Contour Lines Are Shown Without Areas

• Label the contour lines: Label the contour lines if area is not shown.
• Vary the line attributes and show a legend: Vary the line attributes and show a legend if area is not shown.

Area Colors

• Spectrum colors: Represent the contour areas using a spectrum of colors.
• 1-color or 2-color ramps: Represent the contour areas using different levels of one or two colors.

  Note

  If you want a one-color ramp, select the same color for both High-end color and Low-end color. If you want a two-color ramp, select different colors.

  • High-end color: The color that represents the high end of the data values.
  • Low-end color: The color that represents the low end of the data values.