Multiple colormap not working when using COLORMAP(AX,...)

Hi, when trying to set two colormaps on one image, with the simple example below, the first colormap get overwritten.

figure
ax1 = subplot(2,1,1);
surf(peaks)
colormap(ax1,spring)

ax2 = subplot(2,1,2);
surf(peaks)
colormap(ax2,winter)

matlab R2013a

[Image Analyst]

What MATLAB version do you have?

Answer 1

[Kelly Kearney]

Prior to R2014b, colormaps could only be applied to a figure as a whole, not to individual axes. There are a few workarounds, such as using freezecolors, or adding an offset to the data in one subplot and creating a colormap that includes different colors for the two data ranges.