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plotting - Plot a vector valued function of two variables using color density


I have a vector (3D) valued function of two variables. I want to visualize it as a density plot, using R,G,B color values to display the value at the point (x,y). I've come up with a couple of attempts, neither satisfactory. One is to use a Raster, but that doesn't adapt to the function and so needs too many function evaluations. My other solution is to make three contour plots and combine them, but to do that I needed to use Opacity and then the range of colors is muted.


Here's an example, with a simple function:


f[x_, y_] := {x, y, x + y}
Table[
DensityPlot[f[x, y][[i]], {x, -1, 1}, {y, -1, 1},
ColorFunction -> (ReplacePart[RGBColor[0,0,0], i -> #] &)],

{i, 3}]
Show[Table[
DensityPlot[f[x, y][[i]], {x, -1, 1}, {y, -1, 1},
ColorFunction -> ({Opacity[1/3], ReplacePart[RGBColor[0,0,0], i -> #]} &)],
{i, 3}]]

The first table shows three DensityPlots with the RGB components I want, which look like this:


rgb component images


The Show combines them into one. But what I really want to do is add the color values in the three plots, and Show with Opacity averages them, giving a murky image. In this example, I want white in the upper right, black in the lower left.



Answer




Is this what you are after?


ParametricPlot[{x, y}, {x, -1, 1}, {y, -1, 1}, Mesh -> None, Frame -> True, Axes -> False,
ColorFunction -> (RGBColor[#, #2, # + #2] &), ColorFunctionScaling -> False]

enter image description here


or maybe, as Rasher has suggested:


ParametricPlot[{x, y}, {x, -1, 1}, {y, -1, 1}, Mesh -> None, Frame -> True, Axes -> False, 
ColorFunction -> (Rescale[#, {-1, 1}] & /@ RGBColor[#, #2, # + #2] &),
ColorFunctionScaling -> False]


enter image description here


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