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White Edges Around Graphics Elements


Using the following code, I am able to generate a grayscale Voronoi diagram:


numpts = 12;
pts = RandomReal[{0, 1}, {numpts, 2}];
mesh = VoronoiMesh[pts, {{0, 1}, {0, 1}}]


mps = MeshPrimitives[mesh, 2];
vvv = {};
For[i = 1, i <= Length[mps], i++,
col = GrayLevel[ RandomReal[{0, 1}] ] ;
graphicGrain = Graphics[{col, Polygon[mps[[ i ]] [[1]] ]} ];

AppendTo[vvv, graphicGrain];

]


img = Show[vvv, ImageSize -> 1000, "ShrinkWrap" -> True];
img = ImageCrop[img, {950}]
Export["img_q.pdf", img]

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As we can see from the image below, some of the grain boundaries seem to have a white edge going through them


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Is there any way to generate a Voronoi diagram in such a way that these edges are not present? I have looked at similar posts regarding this 'white edge' problem but have not been successful at removing them myself.



Answer



Your issue appears to be the related to the Thickness of the edges of the polygons. It shows up most when adjacent colours are dark. By increasing the thickness of the edges using Thickness and setting the colour of the edges to the colour of the polygon using EdgeForm you can make the edges overlap slightly and remove the white lines.



I would also use the Graphics object for the export to get a better resolution in the PDF file.


I've made a slight refactoring of the code to remove the loop so it is more in Mma style.


numpts = 12;
pts = RandomReal[{0, 1}, {numpts, 2}];
mesh = VoronoiMesh[pts, {{0, 1}, {0, 1}}];
mps = MeshPrimitives[mesh, 2];

colourDirectives = {#, EdgeForm[#]} & /@ (GrayLevel[RandomReal[{0, 1}]] & /@
Range[First@Dimensions@mps]);
img = Graphics[

{Thickness[0.02]}~Append~Flatten@Riffle[colourDirectives, mps], ImageSize -> 400]

colourDirectives gets a list of pairs of GrayLevel and EdgeForm of that colour for the polygons. These are Riffled with the polygons in mps and Flatten into a single list for Graphic. That list has the Thickness Appended to it so all edges are drawn that thickness.


Hope this helps.


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