colors = ['r' 'b' 'k' 'g' 'c' 'y' 'm' ... 'r' 'b' 'k' 'g' 'c' 'y' 'm']; symbols = ['o' 'x' 's' '>' '<' '^' 'v' ... '*' 'p' 'h' '+' 'd' 'o' 'x']; for i=1:length(colors) styles{i} = sprintf('-%s%s', colors(i), symbols(i)); end