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Contours : Parameters used to create contours in one and two dimensional plots

# contourBandsColor
Color for the the bands in contours
Type: color
Default: #0ab0db
Used in: Heatmap, Scatter2D

contourBandsColor : "#9e0adb"

contourBandsColor : "#ff7d00"


# contourColorScheme
Color scheme to use in contours
Type: string
Default: Viridis
Options: AAAS, Accent, BMS, BMSBackground, BMSBlue, BMSBrown, BMSGreen, BMSPink, BMSPrimary, BMSSecondary, BMSTertiary, BMSTertiaryDark, BMSTertiaryLight, BMSWheat, Basic, Behance, BehancePair, BehanceQuartet, BehanceTrio, Black, BlackAndWhite, BlueGrey, BlueRedGrey, Blues, BluesDark, Bootstrap, BrBG, Brand, Brooklyn99Dark, Brooklyn99Regular, BuGn, BuPu, CanvasXpress, CanvasXpressOLD, CanvasXpressTraditional, Cividis, ColorBlind, ColorSpectrum, Colorful, ColorfulAlt, Complementary, Dark2, Default, Diverging, DivergingAlt, Economist, EconomistBG, Excel, Excel2, Excel3, Favorite, GGBlanket, GGPlot, GameOfThronesArryn, GameOfThronesGreyjoy, GameOfThronesLannister, GameOfThronesManderly, GameOfThronesMartell, GameOfThronesStannis, GameOfThronesStark, GameOfThronesTargaryen, GameOfThronesTully, GameOfThronesTyrell, GnBu, GravityFalls, Greens, Grey, GreyHC, Greys, Heat, Highcharts, Inferno, JCO, Jama, KimPossible, Lancet, LastAirBenderAir, LastAirBenderEarth, LastAirBenderFire, LastAirBenderWater, Light, Magma, Matlab, NEJM, NPG, OrRd, Oranges, PRGn, Paired, ParksAndRecreation, Parula, PaulTol, PiYG, Plasma, Prism, PrismPair, PrismTrio, PuBu, PuBuGn, PuOr, PuRd, Purples, Rainbow, RdBu, RdGy, RdPu, RdYlBu, RdYlGn, Reds, RickyAndMorty, Simpsons, Solarized, SolarizedBase, Spectral, SpongeBob, Stata, Stata2, Stata3, StataMono, Tableau, TableauBlueRed, TableauColorBlind, TableauCyclic, TableauGreenOrange, TableauGrey, TableauLight, TableauMedium, TableauPairSequential, TableauPurpleGrey, TableauTrafficLight, TableauTripleDiverging, Viridis, ViridisInv, WHO, WallStreetJournal, WallStreetJournal2, WallStreetJournal3, WallStreetJournalBlackGreen, WallStreetJournalDemRep, WallStreetJournalRedGreen, White, YlGn, YlGnBu, YlOrBr, YlOrRd
Used in: Heatmap, Scatter2D

contourColorScheme : "Plasma"

contourColorScheme : "Spectral"

contourColorScheme : "Viridis"


# contourDataPointsColor
Color for the data points in contours when the contour is filled
Type: color
Default: rgb(0,0,0)
Used in: Heatmap, Scatter2D

contourDataPointsColor : "#9e0adb"

contourDataPointsColor : "#ff7d00"


# contourFilled
Flag to color the contour plot
Type: boolean
Default: false
Used in: Heatmap, Scatter2D

contourFilled : true

contourFilled : false


# contourFilledTransparency
Transparency applied to the filled contours
Type: float
Default: 1
Used in: Heatmap, Scatter2D

contourFilledTransparency : 1

contourFilledTransparency : 0.5


# contourLevelNumber
Numbe of contour levels. Overridden by contourLevelWidth
Type: integer
Default: 10
Used in: Heatmap, Scatter2D

contourLevelNumber : 10

contourLevelNumber : 15


# contourLevelWidth
Width of contour levels
Type: integer
Default:
Used in: Heatmap, Scatter2D

contourLevelWidth : null

contourLevelWidth : 5e-05


# contourLevels
Numeric vector to set the contour levels. It is automatically calculated if not defined using the axisAlgorithm setting and the contourLevelNumber
Type: array
Default: []
Used in: Heatmap, Scatter2D

# contourStat
Contour density type
Type: string
Default: density
Options: density, ndensity, count
Used in: Heatmap, Scatter2D

# contourType
Contour type
Type: string
Default: normal
Options: normal, raster, point
Used in: Heatmap, Scatter2D

contourType : "normal"

contourType : "raster"

contourType : "point"


# isContour
Flag to show the contour
Type: boolean
Default: false
Used in: Heatmap, Scatter2D

# showContourBands
Flag to show/hide the contour bands
Type: boolean
Default: true
Used in: Heatmap, Scatter2D

showContourBands : true

showContourBands : false


# showContourDataPoints
Flag to show/hide the data points in contours
Type: boolean
Default: false
Used in: Heatmap, Scatter2D

showContourDataPoints : true

showContourDataPoints : false


# showContourLevel
Flag to show/hide the levels in contours
Type: boolean
Default: false
Used in: Heatmap, Scatter2D

showContourLevel : true

showContourLevel : false


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