# Axis Label Colors in Plots.jl

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/axis-label-colors-in-plots-jl/10391>\
**Category:** Visualization\
**Created:** [April 17, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/axis-label-colors-in-plots-jl/10391 "2018-04-17T15:14:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 17, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/axis-label-colors-in-plots-jl/10391/1 "2018-04-17T15:14:10Z")

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How do I control the color of the axes labels in `Plots.jl`?

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`plot(rand(10), xlabel = "x", ylabel = "y", xguidefont = font(:red), yguidefont = font(:blue))`

For simple usage questions like this I recommend first scanning [Overview · Plots](http://docs.juliaplots.org/latest/attributes/) and then asking on the Plots gitter channel ([tbreloff/Plots.jl - Gitter](https://gitter.im/tbreloff/Plots.jl)) or on the plotting channel on slack ([https://julialang.slack.com/](https://julialang.slack.com/)).

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**Post date:** [March 7, 2021, 3:26am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/axis-label-colors-in-plots-jl/10391/3 "2021-03-07T03:26:43Z")

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According to the latest [documentation](http://docs.juliaplots.org/latest/generated/attributes_axis/), it is now

```julia
plot(1:20, randn(20); size=(400, 300), 
    ylabel="red y", yguidefontcolor=:red,
    xlabel="green x", xguidefontcolor=:green)

```

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