# Plots.jl: using push! to add a new scatter plot series with a specified color

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**Created:** [September 20, 2018, 12:09am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-jl-using-push-to-add-a-new-scatter-plot-series-with-a-specified-color/15206 "2018-09-20T00:09:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 1:33am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-jl-using-push-to-add-a-new-scatter-plot-series-with-a-specified-color/15206/3 "2018-09-20T01:33:58Z")

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(Please [quote your code](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-how-to-quote-code-with-backticks/7530).)

Do you mean

```julia
plt = scatter(x, y, color=“red”)
scatter!(a, b, c=:blue) # c is abbreviation for colour

```

Functions with `!` at the end add to a pre-existing plot.

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