# How to add a legend to a violin plot?

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-add-a-legend-to-a-violin-plot/116374
**Category:** Visualization
**Tags:** question, makie
**Created:** [June 29, 2024, 3:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-add-a-legend-to-a-violin-plot/116374 "2024-06-29T03:31:55Z")
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### Author: ![WuSiren](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/wusiren/32/42529_2.png) [@WuSiren](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/WuSiren)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2024, 3:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-add-a-legend-to-a-violin-plot/116374/1 "2024-06-29T03:31:55Z")

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```julia
fig = Figure()
ax = Axis(fig[1, 1])
categories = rand(1:3, 1000)
values = randn(1000)
violin!(ax, categories, values, color=(:red,0.3), label="data1")
categories = rand(1:3, 1000)
values = randn(1000)
violin!(ax, categories, values, color=(:green,0.3), label="data2")
axislegend()
fig

```

```julia
ERROR: KeyError: key :colormap not found

```

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### Author: ![WuSiren](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/wusiren/32/42529_2.png) [@WuSiren](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/WuSiren)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2024, 3:49am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-add-a-legend-to-a-violin-plot/116374/2 "2024-06-29T03:49:44Z")

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> **[Legend | Makie](https://docs.makie.org/stable/reference/blocks/legend#Creating-Legend-Entries-Manually)**
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> Create impressive data visualizations with Makie, the plotting ecosystem for the Julia language. Build aesthetic plots with beautiful customizable themes, control every last detail of publication quality vector graphics, assemble complex layouts and...

This is a stopgap. Don’t know if there is any better method.

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### Author: ![jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/41988e/32.png) [@jules](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jules)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2024, 4:16am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-add-a-legend-to-a-violin-plot/116374/3 "2024-06-29T04:16:07Z")

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Seems like a bug, I wonder why it’s looking for a colormap at all if you use scalar colors.

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### Author: ![WuSiren](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/wusiren/32/42529_2.png) [@WuSiren](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/WuSiren)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2024, 7:06am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-add-a-legend-to-a-violin-plot/116374/4 "2024-06-29T07:06:51Z")

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OK. Thanks for your reply! 🤝