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Graph Legends and Color Scales


The legend is a special text object that serves to identify datasets, treatments, or levels of some variable depicted in the graph. Origin creates one of three different legends, depending upon the type of data being plotted.

The default legend for most 2D and 3D graphs

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The Enhanced Legend for categorical data plots

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The color scale for color-mapped data plots

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