# (Plots) how to set color of y-axis border and ticks

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-how-to-set-color-of-y-axis-border-and-ticks/58730>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** plotting\
**Created:** [April 7, 2021, 4:56am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-how-to-set-color-of-y-axis-border-and-ticks/58730 "2021-04-07T04:56:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![iHany](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ihany/32/18151_2.png) [@iHany](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/iHany)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 4:56am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-how-to-set-color-of-y-axis-border-and-ticks/58730/1 "2021-04-07T04:56:34Z")

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Hi,  
I’m using Plots with GR backend.

I’d like to know how to set the color of y-axis border and ticks.

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**Author:** ![rafael.guerra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/rafael.guerra/32/216610_2.png) [@rafael.guerra](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rafael.guerra)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 9:32am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-how-to-set-color-of-y-axis-border-and-ticks/58730/2 "2021-04-07T09:32:04Z")

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```julia
using Plots;gr()

x=rand(10)
p = plot(x,xlabel="x axis",ylabel="y axis", lc=:blue, lw=3)
plot!(x_guidefontcolor=:red, y_guidefontcolor=:green)
plot!(x_foreground_color_axis=:red, y_foreground_color_axis=:green)
plot!(x_foreground_color_text=:red, y_foreground_color_text=:green)
plot!(x_foreground_color_border=:red, y_foreground_color_border=:green)

```

![Plots_gr_colored_axis_and_labels](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/3/9/391399f2dca2c9070583c9747f6c461a30950fc1.png)