How to make one Colorbar for a 2x2 subplot

Hi everyone,

I would like to make one Colorbar for a 2x2 subplot on right hand side. I have read the answer of a similar question: https://uk.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/144453-how-to-make-one-colorbar-for-all-subplots

But I couldn't see the tick of the colorbar as well as the title. Could you please help?

Thanks

Here is my code:

subplot(2,2,1)
    [C,h]=contour(f_mat,sig_mat,real(L_lossy_mat).'*1e9,'LineWidth',2);
    h.LevelList = [-1 -0.5 -0.2 -0.05 0.0 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06];
    clabel(C,h,'LabelSpacing',100,'FontSize',14,'FontWeight','bold','FontSmoothing','on','Interpreter','Latex')
    ylabel('$\sigma^{(\textbf{I})}$ (S/m)','Interpreter','Latex')
    xlabel('$f$ (MHz)','Interpreter','Latex')
    title('$R=\infty$','Interpreter','Latex','Color',[125/255 30/255 125/255])
    ax=gca;
    ax.YDir = 'reverse';
    ax.YScale = 'log';
    ax.YMinorGrid = 'off';
    ax.TickLabelInterpreter = 'latex';
    xticks([37 46 55])
    yticks([0.01 0.1 1 10])
    yticklabels({'0.01','0.1','1','10'})
subplot(2,2,2)
    [C,h]=contour(f_cst,sig_cst,real(L_11_cst).'*1e9,'LineWidth',2);
    h.LevelList = [-1 -0.5 -0.2 -0.05 0.0 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06];
    clabel(C,h,'LabelSpacing',100,'FontSize',14,'FontWeight','bold','FontSmoothing','on','Interpreter','Latex')
    ylabel('$\sigma^{(\textbf{I})}$ (S/m)','Interpreter','Latex')
    xlabel('$f$ (MHz)','Interpreter','Latex')
    title('$R=1.1r_0$','Interpreter','Latex','Color',[125/255 30/255 125/255])
    ax=gca;
    ax.YDir = 'reverse';
    ax.YScale = 'log';
    ax.YMinorGrid = 'off';
    ax.TickLabelInterpreter = 'latex';
    xticks([37 46 55])
    yticks([0.01 0.1 1 10])
    yticklabels({'0.01','0.1','1','10'})
subplot(2,2,3)
    [C,h]=contour(f_cst,sig_cst,real(L_20_cst).'*1e9,'LineWidth',2);
    h.LevelList = [-1 -0.5 -0.2 -0.05 0.0 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06];
    clabel(C,h,'LabelSpacing',100,'FontSize',14,'FontWeight','bold','FontSmoothing','on','Interpreter','Latex')
    ylabel('$\sigma^{(\textbf{I})}$ (S/m)','Interpreter','Latex')
    xlabel('$f$ (MHz)','Interpreter','Latex')
    title('$R=2r_0$','Interpreter','Latex','Color',[125/255 30/255 125/255])
    ax=gca;
    ax.YDir = 'reverse';
    ax.YScale = 'log';
    ax.YMinorGrid = 'off';
    ax.TickLabelInterpreter = 'latex';
    xticks([37 46 55])
    yticks([0.01 0.1 1 10])
    yticklabels({'0.01','0.1','1','10'})
subplot(2,2,4)
    [C,h]=contour(f_cst,sig_cst,real(L_30_cst).'*1e9,'LineWidth',2);
    h.LevelList = [-1 -0.5 -0.2 -0.05 0.0 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.08];
    clabel(C,h,'LabelSpacing',200,'FontSize',14,'FontWeight','bold','FontSmoothing','on','Interpreter','Latex')
    ylabel('$\sigma^{(\textbf{I})}$ (S/m)','Interpreter','Latex')
    xlabel('$f$ (MHz)','Interpreter','Latex')
    title('$R=3r_0$','Interpreter','Latex','Color',[125/255 30/255 125/255])
    ax=gca;
    ax.YDir = 'reverse';
    ax.YScale = 'log';
    ax.YMinorGrid = 'off';
    ax.TickLabelInterpreter = 'latex';
    xticks([37 46 55])
    yticks([0.01 0.1 1 10])
    yticklabels({'0.01','0.1','1','10'})
    colormap(hsv(1000))
    hp4 = get(subplot(2,2,4),'Position')
    h = colorbar('Position', [hp4(1)+hp4(3)+0.02  hp4(2)  0.1  hp4(2)+hp4(3)*2.1]);
    h.TickLabelInterpreter = 'latex';
    caxis([-1.8 0.1])
    ylabel(h, '$\rm{Re}\{\, \mathcal{L} \,\}$ (nH)','Interpreter','Latex')
    set(gcf,'Color','w')
    set(findall(gcf,'-property','FontName'),'fontsize',18) 

Answer 1

[Srivardhan Gadila]

The problem is with the location and size of the colorbar. By changing the Position of the colobar to the left i.e., reduce the left value of the position: [left bottom width height] you can see the complete colorbar but on the top of subplots 2 & 4.

For this particular problem I would suggest you to make a subplot grid of 2x3 instead of 2x2 so that you can make use of the space of 3 & 6 subplots and change the Position property of the colorbar accordingly. The following code will help you

figure
subplot(2,3,1)
    [C,h]=contour(f_mat,sig_mat,real(L_lossy_mat).'*1e9,'LineWidth',2);
    h.LevelList = [-1 -0.5 -0.2 -0.05 0.0 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06];
    clabel(C,h,'LabelSpacing',100,'FontSize',14,'FontWeight','bold','FontSmoothing','on','Interpreter','Latex')
    ylabel('$\sigma^{(\textbf{I})}$ (S/m)','Interpreter','Latex')
    xlabel('$f$ (MHz)','Interpreter','Latex')
    title('$R=\infty$','Interpreter','Latex','Color',[125/255 30/255 125/255])
    ax=gca;
    ax.YDir = 'reverse';
    ax.YScale = 'log';
    ax.YMinorGrid = 'off';
    ax.TickLabelInterpreter = 'latex';
    xticks([37 46 55])
    yticks([0.01 0.1 1 10])
    yticklabels({'0.01','0.1','1','10'})
subplot(2,3,2)
    [C,h]=contour(f_cst,sig_cst,real(L_11_cst).'*1e9,'LineWidth',2);
    h.LevelList = [-1 -0.5 -0.2 -0.05 0.0 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06];
    clabel(C,h,'LabelSpacing',100,'FontSize',14,'FontWeight','bold','FontSmoothing','on','Interpreter','Latex')
    ylabel('$\sigma^{(\textbf{I})}$ (S/m)','Interpreter','Latex')
    xlabel('$f$ (MHz)','Interpreter','Latex')
    title('$R=1.1r_0$','Interpreter','Latex','Color',[125/255 30/255 125/255])
    ax=gca;
    ax.YDir = 'reverse';
    ax.YScale = 'log';
    ax.YMinorGrid = 'off';
    ax.TickLabelInterpreter = 'latex';
    xticks([37 46 55])
    yticks([0.01 0.1 1 10])
    yticklabels({'0.01','0.1','1','10'})
subplot(2,3,4)
    [C,h]=contour(f_cst,sig_cst,real(L_20_cst).'*1e9,'LineWidth',2);
    h.LevelList = [-1 -0.5 -0.2 -0.05 0.0 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06];
    clabel(C,h,'LabelSpacing',100,'FontSize',14,'FontWeight','bold','FontSmoothing','on','Interpreter','Latex')
    ylabel('$\sigma^{(\textbf{I})}$ (S/m)','Interpreter','Latex')
    xlabel('$f$ (MHz)','Interpreter','Latex')
    title('$R=2r_0$','Interpreter','Latex','Color',[125/255 30/255 125/255])
    ax=gca;
    ax.YDir = 'reverse';
    ax.YScale = 'log';
    ax.YMinorGrid = 'off';
    ax.TickLabelInterpreter = 'latex';
    xticks([37 46 55])
    yticks([0.01 0.1 1 10])
    yticklabels({'0.01','0.1','1','10'})
subplot(2,3,5)
    [C,h]=contour(f_cst,sig_cst,real(L_30_cst).'*1e9,'LineWidth',2);
    h.LevelList = [-1 -0.5 -0.2 -0.05 0.0 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.08];
    clabel(C,h,'LabelSpacing',200,'FontSize',14,'FontWeight','bold','FontSmoothing','on','Interpreter','Latex')
    ylabel('$\sigma^{(\textbf{I})}$ (S/m)','Interpreter','Latex')
    xlabel('$f$ (MHz)','Interpreter','Latex')
    title('$R=3r_0$','Interpreter','Latex','Color',[125/255 30/255 125/255])
    ax=gca;
    ax.YDir = 'reverse';
    ax.YScale = 'log';
    ax.YMinorGrid = 'off';
    ax.TickLabelInterpreter = 'latex';
    xticks([37 46 55])
    yticks([0.01 0.1 1 10])
    yticklabels({'0.01','0.1','1','10'})
    colormap(hsv(1000))
    hp4 = get(subplot(2,3,5),'Position');
    h = colorbar('Position', [hp4(1)+hp4(3)+0.1  hp4(2)  0.1 hp4(4)*2.2]);
    h.TickLabelInterpreter = 'latex';
    caxis([-1.8 0.1])
    ylabel(h, '$\rm{Re}\{\, \mathcal{L} \,\}$ (nH)','Interpreter','Latex')
    set(gcf,'Color','w')
    set(findall(gcf,'-property','FontName'),'fontsize',18) 

[Shan Chu]

thank you. That's beautiful :D