# Makie line plots using colormaps?

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-line-plots-using-colormaps/104908
**Category:** Visualization
**Created:** [October 12, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-line-plots-using-colormaps/104908 "2023-10-12T19:05:22Z")
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### Author: ![rkube](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/rkube/32/211198_2.png) [@rkube](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rkube)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-line-plots-using-colormaps/104908/1 "2023-10-12T19:05:23Z")

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Hi,  
I would like to produce a line plot where the color of each line is taken from a colormap, like `batlow` , see [Colors · Makie](https://docs.makie.org/stable/explanations/colors/index.html)

I’ve tried

```julia
lines(1:20, color=:batlow10[3])

```

and variations thereof but couldn’t get it to work. How could I do this?

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### Author: ![JonasWickman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@JonasWickman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/JonasWickman)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-line-plots-using-colormaps/104908/2 "2023-10-12T19:28:56Z")

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See the example here:

> **[Lines Colorbar - Beautiful Makie](https://beautiful.makie.org/dev/examples/generated/2d/lines/line_cmap/)**
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> Makie Examples

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### Author: ![ederag](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ederag/32/4106_2.png) [@ederag](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ederag)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2023, 8:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-line-plots-using-colormaps/104908/3 "2023-10-12T20:19:02Z")

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To index into a color scheme such as `:batlow10`,

```julia
using GLMakie
using ColorSchemes: colorschemes

lines(1:20; color = colorschemes[:batlow10].colors[3])

```

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### Author: ![rkube](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/rkube/32/211198_2.png) [@rkube](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rkube)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2023, 8:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-line-plots-using-colormaps/104908/5 "2023-10-12T20:23:34Z")

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Thanks!