How to Limit Colormap Range in Matlab Scatter Plot?

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The discussion focuses on limiting the colormap range in Matlab scatter plots using the "caxis" function. Users can plot data points with a third variable represented by color by utilizing the scatter function (scatter(X,Y,S,C)). To restrict the color mapping to a specific range, such as -10 to 10, the "caxis([minvalue maxvalue])" command should be applied prior to invoking the colorbar. This ensures that values outside the specified range are represented by the last color in the colormap.

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I'm doing some plotting in Matlab where I'm using a third variable of data as a color. For example I have vectors x and y with some sort of values plotted as a scatter plot. I can color the points according to a third vector z by turning on colormap and colorbar (scatter(X,Y,S,C) and use z in place of C) and Matlab will take care of the color range and scaling.

But let's say z contains random values ranging from -25 to 25 then of course the ends of the colormap will be -25 and 25, but what if you want it to just end at say -10 and 10 so that all values outside of that range are the last color of the colormap?
 
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I think I found it, using "caxis([minvalue maxvalue])" before colorbar seems to be what I'm looking for.
 

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