# fill

## Purpose

Filled 2-D polygons.

## Synopsis

    fill(X,Y,C)
    fill(X1,Y1,C1,X2,Y2,C2,...)

## Description

`fill(X,Y,C)` fills the two-dimensional polygon defined by vectors `X` and `Y` with the color specified by `C`. The vertices of the polygon are specified by pairs of components of `X` and `Y`. If necessary, the polygon is closed by connecting the last vertex to the first.

If `C` is a single character string chosen from the list `'r','g','b', 'c','m','y','w','k'`, or a red- green-blue row vector triple, `[r g b]`, the polygon is filled with the constant specified color.

If `C` is a vector the same length as `X` and `Y`, its elements are scaled by `caxis` and used as indices into the current colormap to specify colors at the vertices; the color within the polygon is obtained by bilinear interpolation of the vertex colors.

If `X` and `Y` are matrices of the same size, `fill(X,Y,C)` draws one polygon per column. In this case, `C` is a row vector for flat polygon colors, and `C` is a matrix for interpolated polygon colors.

If either `X` or `Y` is a matrix, and the other is a column vector with the same number of rows, the column vector argument is replicated to produce a matrix of the required size.

`fill(X1,Y1,C1,X2,Y2,C2,...)` is another way of specifying multiple filled areas.

`fill` sets the `patch` object `FaceColor` property to `'flat'`, `'interp'`, or a `ColorSpec` depending upon the value of the `C` matrix.

`fill` returns a column vector of handles to `patch` objects, one handle per patch. The `X`, `Y`, `C` triples can be followed by parameter/value pairs to specify additional properties of the patches.

## Examples

Create a red STOP sign (without the lettering).

    t = (1/16:1/8:1)'*2*pi;
    x = sin(t);
    y = cos(t);
    fill(x,y,'r')
    axis square

## See Also

    colormap, fill3, patch

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