# Plots.jl legend box **URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-jl-legend-box/18433 **Category:** General Usage **Created:** [December 7, 2018, 8:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-jl-legend-box/18433 "2018-12-07T20:14:29Z") **Posts on this page:** 9 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![monty](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/monty/32/44234_2.png) [@monty](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/monty) #### Post date: [December 7, 2018, 8:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-jl-legend-box/18433/1 "2018-12-07T20:14:29Z")
How to remove surrounding box of the legend in Plots.jl? ---
### Author: ![tamasgal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tamasgal/32/27946_2.png) [@tamasgal](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tamasgal) #### Post date: [December 7, 2018, 8:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-jl-legend-box/18433/2 "2018-12-07T20:29:38Z")
According to the [documentation](http://docs.juliaplots.org/latest/attributes/#attributes-1) ![26](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/a/6/a60242765cabcdbe5ebd7b81a6915e6d8b29a118.png) I guess that’s it 😕 EDIT: insterted the correct screenshot ---
### Author: ![stillyslalom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/stillyslalom/32/45687_2.png) [@stillyslalom](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/stillyslalom) #### Post date: [December 7, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-jl-legend-box/18433/3 "2018-12-07T20:36:26Z")
Use `foreground_color_legend = nothing` to set the frame color to transparent (likewise for `background_color_legend`). ---
### Author: ![monty](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/monty/32/44234_2.png) [@monty](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/monty) #### Post date: [December 7, 2018, 8:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-jl-legend-box/18433/4 "2018-12-07T20:46:18Z")
Thank you very much! it worked ---
### Author: ![Fred\_He](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/fred_he/32/14298_2.png) [@Fred\_He](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Fred_He) #### Post date: [January 24, 2022, 9:43am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-jl-legend-box/18433/5 "2022-01-24T09:43:05Z")
Do you know how to make the background of the legend to be transparent? ---
### Author: ![tamasgal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tamasgal/32/27946_2.png) [@tamasgal](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tamasgal) #### Post date: [January 24, 2022, 9:50am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-jl-legend-box/18433/6 "2022-01-24T09:50:39Z")
Does the suggestion two posts above not work for you? ---
### Author: ![Fred\_He](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/fred_he/32/14298_2.png) [@Fred\_He](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Fred_He) #### Post date: [January 24, 2022, 9:59am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-jl-legend-box/18433/7 "2022-01-24T09:59:07Z")
It’s possible to remove all the background, but I didn’t find a way to make it semi-transparent. ---
### Author: ![tamasgal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tamasgal/32/27946_2.png) [@tamasgal](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tamasgal) #### Post date: [January 24, 2022, 10:06am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-jl-legend-box/18433/8 "2022-01-24T10:06:38Z")
My best guess is passing something like `RGBA` as colour, I am pretty sure it’s supported: [Construction and Conversion · Colors](https://juliagraphics.github.io/Colors.jl/stable/constructionandconversion/) ---
### Author: ![Fred\_He](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/fred_he/32/14298_2.png) [@Fred\_He](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Fred_He) #### Post date: [January 24, 2022, 10:16am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-jl-legend-box/18433/9 "2022-01-24T10:16:09Z")
Thank you! It works!