# Is there a way to have heatmap and contours from other variables in Plots.jl with GR?

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**Category:** Visualization\
**Tags:** plots, gr\
**Created:** [August 26, 2025, 8:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-have-heatmap-and-contours-from-other-variables-in-plots-jl-with-gr/131869 "2025-08-26T20:21:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![stephancb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/stephancb/32/14243_2.png) [@stephancb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/stephancb)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2025, 11:59am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-have-heatmap-and-contours-from-other-variables-in-plots-jl-with-gr/131869/3 "2025-08-27T11:59:18Z")

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Perhaps a default white background of the contour plot covers everything below:

`background_color = :transparent`

[See also](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/save-figure-with-transparent-background-color-in-plots-jl/18808)

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