# Plots stroke and fill different alpha

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-stroke-and-fill-different-alpha/57794
**Category:** Visualization
**Tags:** plotting
**Created:** [March 23, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-stroke-and-fill-different-alpha/57794 "2021-03-23T15:34:35Z")
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### Author: ![luboshanus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/luboshanus/32/12163_2.png) [@luboshanus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/luboshanus)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-stroke-and-fill-different-alpha/57794/1 "2021-03-23T15:34:35Z")

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Hi,  
I would like to have different alphas for fill and stroke of markers. Using `Plots.jl` and `gr()`.

Wishing this would work

```julia
scatter(rand(10), marker=(20, 0.3, :green, Plots.stroke(5, :blue, :solid; alpha=0.9)))

```

but the stroke has the same alpha as the fill.

Thanks.