Colorize sides regular polygon











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To illustrate what edge-coloring is, I'd like to colorize a regular polygon. I want to generate the shape using TikZ, then colorize the sides (edges) of the polygon separately, for instance by doing something like this:



draw[red] (polygon.side 1);


Unfortunately, the world does not seem to work like this. For now my ugly workaround is to overdraw using dotted, dashed, and thick lines.



documentclass{standalone}
usepackage{tikz}
usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric,positioning}

begin{document}
begin{tikzpicture}
node[draw, dotted, minimum size=2cm, regular polygon,
regular polygon sides=5] (polygon) {};
draw[thick] (polygon.corner 1) -- (polygon.corner 2);
draw[dashed] (polygon.corner 2) -- (polygon.corner 3);
draw[thick] (polygon.corner 4) -- (polygon.corner 5);
draw[dashed] (polygon.corner 5) -- (polygon.corner 1);
end{tikzpicture}
end{document}


edge-colored pentagon



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  • Do you really want to use a node?
    – Sigur
    Nov 21 at 23:02










  • I want the simplest thing possible. I may have driven into the wrong direction. Also, why wouldn't I want a node?
    – Antonin Décimo
    Nov 21 at 23:04

















up vote
5
down vote

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To illustrate what edge-coloring is, I'd like to colorize a regular polygon. I want to generate the shape using TikZ, then colorize the sides (edges) of the polygon separately, for instance by doing something like this:



draw[red] (polygon.side 1);


Unfortunately, the world does not seem to work like this. For now my ugly workaround is to overdraw using dotted, dashed, and thick lines.



documentclass{standalone}
usepackage{tikz}
usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric,positioning}

begin{document}
begin{tikzpicture}
node[draw, dotted, minimum size=2cm, regular polygon,
regular polygon sides=5] (polygon) {};
draw[thick] (polygon.corner 1) -- (polygon.corner 2);
draw[dashed] (polygon.corner 2) -- (polygon.corner 3);
draw[thick] (polygon.corner 4) -- (polygon.corner 5);
draw[dashed] (polygon.corner 5) -- (polygon.corner 1);
end{tikzpicture}
end{document}


edge-colored pentagon



Thanks!










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  • Do you really want to use a node?
    – Sigur
    Nov 21 at 23:02










  • I want the simplest thing possible. I may have driven into the wrong direction. Also, why wouldn't I want a node?
    – Antonin Décimo
    Nov 21 at 23:04















up vote
5
down vote

favorite









up vote
5
down vote

favorite











To illustrate what edge-coloring is, I'd like to colorize a regular polygon. I want to generate the shape using TikZ, then colorize the sides (edges) of the polygon separately, for instance by doing something like this:



draw[red] (polygon.side 1);


Unfortunately, the world does not seem to work like this. For now my ugly workaround is to overdraw using dotted, dashed, and thick lines.



documentclass{standalone}
usepackage{tikz}
usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric,positioning}

begin{document}
begin{tikzpicture}
node[draw, dotted, minimum size=2cm, regular polygon,
regular polygon sides=5] (polygon) {};
draw[thick] (polygon.corner 1) -- (polygon.corner 2);
draw[dashed] (polygon.corner 2) -- (polygon.corner 3);
draw[thick] (polygon.corner 4) -- (polygon.corner 5);
draw[dashed] (polygon.corner 5) -- (polygon.corner 1);
end{tikzpicture}
end{document}


edge-colored pentagon



Thanks!










share|improve this question













To illustrate what edge-coloring is, I'd like to colorize a regular polygon. I want to generate the shape using TikZ, then colorize the sides (edges) of the polygon separately, for instance by doing something like this:



draw[red] (polygon.side 1);


Unfortunately, the world does not seem to work like this. For now my ugly workaround is to overdraw using dotted, dashed, and thick lines.



documentclass{standalone}
usepackage{tikz}
usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric,positioning}

begin{document}
begin{tikzpicture}
node[draw, dotted, minimum size=2cm, regular polygon,
regular polygon sides=5] (polygon) {};
draw[thick] (polygon.corner 1) -- (polygon.corner 2);
draw[dashed] (polygon.corner 2) -- (polygon.corner 3);
draw[thick] (polygon.corner 4) -- (polygon.corner 5);
draw[dashed] (polygon.corner 5) -- (polygon.corner 1);
end{tikzpicture}
end{document}


edge-colored pentagon



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  • Do you really want to use a node?
    – Sigur
    Nov 21 at 23:02










  • I want the simplest thing possible. I may have driven into the wrong direction. Also, why wouldn't I want a node?
    – Antonin Décimo
    Nov 21 at 23:04




















  • Do you really want to use a node?
    – Sigur
    Nov 21 at 23:02










  • I want the simplest thing possible. I may have driven into the wrong direction. Also, why wouldn't I want a node?
    – Antonin Décimo
    Nov 21 at 23:04


















Do you really want to use a node?
– Sigur
Nov 21 at 23:02




Do you really want to use a node?
– Sigur
Nov 21 at 23:02












I want the simplest thing possible. I may have driven into the wrong direction. Also, why wouldn't I want a node?
– Antonin Décimo
Nov 21 at 23:04






I want the simplest thing possible. I may have driven into the wrong direction. Also, why wouldn't I want a node?
– Antonin Décimo
Nov 21 at 23:04












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With regular polygon colors option, there's no need for extra commands to draw the sides. Everything is done within the node command.



documentclass[tikz,border=3.14mm]{standalone}
usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric, positioning}

begin{document}
begin{tikzpicture}[
regular polygon colors/.style 2 args={
append after command={%
pgfextra
foreach i [count=ni, remember=ni as lasti (initially #1)] in {#2}{
draw[i] (tikzlastnode.corner lasti) --(tikzlastnode.corner ni);}
endpgfextra
}
},
]
node[minimum size=2cm, regular polygon,
regular polygon sides=5,
regular polygon colors={5}{red,blue,orange,green,cyan}] (polygon) {};

node[minimum size=2cm, regular polygon,
regular polygon sides=7,
regular polygon colors={7}{red, blue, orange, green, cyan, violet, brown},
right=of polygon] (polygon2) {};
end{tikzpicture}

end{document}


enter image description here






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    enter image description here



    documentclass[margin=1mm]{standalone}
    usepackage{tikz}

    begin{document}
    begin{tikzpicture}[thick]
    foreach i/c in {90/red,162/blue,234/green,306/pink,378/orange}{
    draw[c] (i:1cm) -- (72+i:1cm);
    }
    end{tikzpicture}
    end{document}


    Edit 1: Another option, to have a better join line:



    enter image description here



    begin{tikzpicture}[thick]
    foreach i/c in {90/red,162/blue,234/green,306/pink,378/orange}{
    fill[c] (i:1cm) -- (72+i:1cm) -- (0,0) -- cycle;
    }
    fill[white] (90:.95cm)--(162:.95cm)--(234:.95cm)--(306:.95cm)--(378:.95cm)--cycle;
    end{tikzpicture}


    Edit 2: just for fun.



    enter image description here



    begin{tikzpicture}
    foreach r in {1,.9,...,.1}{
    pgfmathparse{30 * r}%
    pgfmathsetmacropercent{pgfmathresult}
    foreach i/c in {90/red,162/blue,234/green,306/pink,378/orange}{
    fill[c!percent] (i:r cm) -- (72+i:r cm) -- (0,0) -- cycle;
    }}
    end{tikzpicture}





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      Here is a proposal that defines a style polygon side which can be used e.g. like draw[red,polygon side=2]; to draw the second side red.



      documentclass[tikz,border=3.14mm]{standalone}
      usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric}

      begin{document}
      begin{tikzpicture}[get next vertex/.code n args={2}{%
      pgfmathparse{int(1+mod(#1,5))}
      xdef#2{pgfmathresult}},
      polygon side/.style={get next vertex={#1}{tmpnextn},
      insert path={(polygon.corner #1)-- (polygon.corner tmpnextn)}}
      ]
      node[draw, dotted, minimum size=2cm, regular polygon,
      regular polygon sides=5] (polygon) {};
      foreach X [count=Y] in {red,blue,orange,green,cyan}
      {draw[X,polygon side=Y];}
      end{tikzpicture}
      end{document}


      enter image description here



      Note that as of now the number of corners (or sides) as well as the name of the object (or node), polygon, are hard coded. One could of course use pgfkeys to store them in some keys, and if you ask me to I'll be happy to add this to this answer.






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        With regular polygon colors option, there's no need for extra commands to draw the sides. Everything is done within the node command.



        documentclass[tikz,border=3.14mm]{standalone}
        usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric, positioning}

        begin{document}
        begin{tikzpicture}[
        regular polygon colors/.style 2 args={
        append after command={%
        pgfextra
        foreach i [count=ni, remember=ni as lasti (initially #1)] in {#2}{
        draw[i] (tikzlastnode.corner lasti) --(tikzlastnode.corner ni);}
        endpgfextra
        }
        },
        ]
        node[minimum size=2cm, regular polygon,
        regular polygon sides=5,
        regular polygon colors={5}{red,blue,orange,green,cyan}] (polygon) {};

        node[minimum size=2cm, regular polygon,
        regular polygon sides=7,
        regular polygon colors={7}{red, blue, orange, green, cyan, violet, brown},
        right=of polygon] (polygon2) {};
        end{tikzpicture}

        end{document}


        enter image description here






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          With regular polygon colors option, there's no need for extra commands to draw the sides. Everything is done within the node command.



          documentclass[tikz,border=3.14mm]{standalone}
          usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric, positioning}

          begin{document}
          begin{tikzpicture}[
          regular polygon colors/.style 2 args={
          append after command={%
          pgfextra
          foreach i [count=ni, remember=ni as lasti (initially #1)] in {#2}{
          draw[i] (tikzlastnode.corner lasti) --(tikzlastnode.corner ni);}
          endpgfextra
          }
          },
          ]
          node[minimum size=2cm, regular polygon,
          regular polygon sides=5,
          regular polygon colors={5}{red,blue,orange,green,cyan}] (polygon) {};

          node[minimum size=2cm, regular polygon,
          regular polygon sides=7,
          regular polygon colors={7}{red, blue, orange, green, cyan, violet, brown},
          right=of polygon] (polygon2) {};
          end{tikzpicture}

          end{document}


          enter image description here






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            With regular polygon colors option, there's no need for extra commands to draw the sides. Everything is done within the node command.



            documentclass[tikz,border=3.14mm]{standalone}
            usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric, positioning}

            begin{document}
            begin{tikzpicture}[
            regular polygon colors/.style 2 args={
            append after command={%
            pgfextra
            foreach i [count=ni, remember=ni as lasti (initially #1)] in {#2}{
            draw[i] (tikzlastnode.corner lasti) --(tikzlastnode.corner ni);}
            endpgfextra
            }
            },
            ]
            node[minimum size=2cm, regular polygon,
            regular polygon sides=5,
            regular polygon colors={5}{red,blue,orange,green,cyan}] (polygon) {};

            node[minimum size=2cm, regular polygon,
            regular polygon sides=7,
            regular polygon colors={7}{red, blue, orange, green, cyan, violet, brown},
            right=of polygon] (polygon2) {};
            end{tikzpicture}

            end{document}


            enter image description here






            share|improve this answer












            With regular polygon colors option, there's no need for extra commands to draw the sides. Everything is done within the node command.



            documentclass[tikz,border=3.14mm]{standalone}
            usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric, positioning}

            begin{document}
            begin{tikzpicture}[
            regular polygon colors/.style 2 args={
            append after command={%
            pgfextra
            foreach i [count=ni, remember=ni as lasti (initially #1)] in {#2}{
            draw[i] (tikzlastnode.corner lasti) --(tikzlastnode.corner ni);}
            endpgfextra
            }
            },
            ]
            node[minimum size=2cm, regular polygon,
            regular polygon sides=5,
            regular polygon colors={5}{red,blue,orange,green,cyan}] (polygon) {};

            node[minimum size=2cm, regular polygon,
            regular polygon sides=7,
            regular polygon colors={7}{red, blue, orange, green, cyan, violet, brown},
            right=of polygon] (polygon2) {};
            end{tikzpicture}

            end{document}


            enter image description here







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                Like this?



                enter image description here



                documentclass[margin=1mm]{standalone}
                usepackage{tikz}

                begin{document}
                begin{tikzpicture}[thick]
                foreach i/c in {90/red,162/blue,234/green,306/pink,378/orange}{
                draw[c] (i:1cm) -- (72+i:1cm);
                }
                end{tikzpicture}
                end{document}


                Edit 1: Another option, to have a better join line:



                enter image description here



                begin{tikzpicture}[thick]
                foreach i/c in {90/red,162/blue,234/green,306/pink,378/orange}{
                fill[c] (i:1cm) -- (72+i:1cm) -- (0,0) -- cycle;
                }
                fill[white] (90:.95cm)--(162:.95cm)--(234:.95cm)--(306:.95cm)--(378:.95cm)--cycle;
                end{tikzpicture}


                Edit 2: just for fun.



                enter image description here



                begin{tikzpicture}
                foreach r in {1,.9,...,.1}{
                pgfmathparse{30 * r}%
                pgfmathsetmacropercent{pgfmathresult}
                foreach i/c in {90/red,162/blue,234/green,306/pink,378/orange}{
                fill[c!percent] (i:r cm) -- (72+i:r cm) -- (0,0) -- cycle;
                }}
                end{tikzpicture}





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                  Like this?



                  enter image description here



                  documentclass[margin=1mm]{standalone}
                  usepackage{tikz}

                  begin{document}
                  begin{tikzpicture}[thick]
                  foreach i/c in {90/red,162/blue,234/green,306/pink,378/orange}{
                  draw[c] (i:1cm) -- (72+i:1cm);
                  }
                  end{tikzpicture}
                  end{document}


                  Edit 1: Another option, to have a better join line:



                  enter image description here



                  begin{tikzpicture}[thick]
                  foreach i/c in {90/red,162/blue,234/green,306/pink,378/orange}{
                  fill[c] (i:1cm) -- (72+i:1cm) -- (0,0) -- cycle;
                  }
                  fill[white] (90:.95cm)--(162:.95cm)--(234:.95cm)--(306:.95cm)--(378:.95cm)--cycle;
                  end{tikzpicture}


                  Edit 2: just for fun.



                  enter image description here



                  begin{tikzpicture}
                  foreach r in {1,.9,...,.1}{
                  pgfmathparse{30 * r}%
                  pgfmathsetmacropercent{pgfmathresult}
                  foreach i/c in {90/red,162/blue,234/green,306/pink,378/orange}{
                  fill[c!percent] (i:r cm) -- (72+i:r cm) -- (0,0) -- cycle;
                  }}
                  end{tikzpicture}





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                    up vote
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                    Like this?



                    enter image description here



                    documentclass[margin=1mm]{standalone}
                    usepackage{tikz}

                    begin{document}
                    begin{tikzpicture}[thick]
                    foreach i/c in {90/red,162/blue,234/green,306/pink,378/orange}{
                    draw[c] (i:1cm) -- (72+i:1cm);
                    }
                    end{tikzpicture}
                    end{document}


                    Edit 1: Another option, to have a better join line:



                    enter image description here



                    begin{tikzpicture}[thick]
                    foreach i/c in {90/red,162/blue,234/green,306/pink,378/orange}{
                    fill[c] (i:1cm) -- (72+i:1cm) -- (0,0) -- cycle;
                    }
                    fill[white] (90:.95cm)--(162:.95cm)--(234:.95cm)--(306:.95cm)--(378:.95cm)--cycle;
                    end{tikzpicture}


                    Edit 2: just for fun.



                    enter image description here



                    begin{tikzpicture}
                    foreach r in {1,.9,...,.1}{
                    pgfmathparse{30 * r}%
                    pgfmathsetmacropercent{pgfmathresult}
                    foreach i/c in {90/red,162/blue,234/green,306/pink,378/orange}{
                    fill[c!percent] (i:r cm) -- (72+i:r cm) -- (0,0) -- cycle;
                    }}
                    end{tikzpicture}





                    share|improve this answer














                    Like this?



                    enter image description here



                    documentclass[margin=1mm]{standalone}
                    usepackage{tikz}

                    begin{document}
                    begin{tikzpicture}[thick]
                    foreach i/c in {90/red,162/blue,234/green,306/pink,378/orange}{
                    draw[c] (i:1cm) -- (72+i:1cm);
                    }
                    end{tikzpicture}
                    end{document}


                    Edit 1: Another option, to have a better join line:



                    enter image description here



                    begin{tikzpicture}[thick]
                    foreach i/c in {90/red,162/blue,234/green,306/pink,378/orange}{
                    fill[c] (i:1cm) -- (72+i:1cm) -- (0,0) -- cycle;
                    }
                    fill[white] (90:.95cm)--(162:.95cm)--(234:.95cm)--(306:.95cm)--(378:.95cm)--cycle;
                    end{tikzpicture}


                    Edit 2: just for fun.



                    enter image description here



                    begin{tikzpicture}
                    foreach r in {1,.9,...,.1}{
                    pgfmathparse{30 * r}%
                    pgfmathsetmacropercent{pgfmathresult}
                    foreach i/c in {90/red,162/blue,234/green,306/pink,378/orange}{
                    fill[c!percent] (i:r cm) -- (72+i:r cm) -- (0,0) -- cycle;
                    }}
                    end{tikzpicture}






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                    answered Nov 21 at 23:08









                    Sigur

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                        Here is a proposal that defines a style polygon side which can be used e.g. like draw[red,polygon side=2]; to draw the second side red.



                        documentclass[tikz,border=3.14mm]{standalone}
                        usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric}

                        begin{document}
                        begin{tikzpicture}[get next vertex/.code n args={2}{%
                        pgfmathparse{int(1+mod(#1,5))}
                        xdef#2{pgfmathresult}},
                        polygon side/.style={get next vertex={#1}{tmpnextn},
                        insert path={(polygon.corner #1)-- (polygon.corner tmpnextn)}}
                        ]
                        node[draw, dotted, minimum size=2cm, regular polygon,
                        regular polygon sides=5] (polygon) {};
                        foreach X [count=Y] in {red,blue,orange,green,cyan}
                        {draw[X,polygon side=Y];}
                        end{tikzpicture}
                        end{document}


                        enter image description here



                        Note that as of now the number of corners (or sides) as well as the name of the object (or node), polygon, are hard coded. One could of course use pgfkeys to store them in some keys, and if you ask me to I'll be happy to add this to this answer.






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                          up vote
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                          down vote













                          Here is a proposal that defines a style polygon side which can be used e.g. like draw[red,polygon side=2]; to draw the second side red.



                          documentclass[tikz,border=3.14mm]{standalone}
                          usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric}

                          begin{document}
                          begin{tikzpicture}[get next vertex/.code n args={2}{%
                          pgfmathparse{int(1+mod(#1,5))}
                          xdef#2{pgfmathresult}},
                          polygon side/.style={get next vertex={#1}{tmpnextn},
                          insert path={(polygon.corner #1)-- (polygon.corner tmpnextn)}}
                          ]
                          node[draw, dotted, minimum size=2cm, regular polygon,
                          regular polygon sides=5] (polygon) {};
                          foreach X [count=Y] in {red,blue,orange,green,cyan}
                          {draw[X,polygon side=Y];}
                          end{tikzpicture}
                          end{document}


                          enter image description here



                          Note that as of now the number of corners (or sides) as well as the name of the object (or node), polygon, are hard coded. One could of course use pgfkeys to store them in some keys, and if you ask me to I'll be happy to add this to this answer.






                          share|improve this answer























                            up vote
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                            down vote










                            up vote
                            3
                            down vote









                            Here is a proposal that defines a style polygon side which can be used e.g. like draw[red,polygon side=2]; to draw the second side red.



                            documentclass[tikz,border=3.14mm]{standalone}
                            usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric}

                            begin{document}
                            begin{tikzpicture}[get next vertex/.code n args={2}{%
                            pgfmathparse{int(1+mod(#1,5))}
                            xdef#2{pgfmathresult}},
                            polygon side/.style={get next vertex={#1}{tmpnextn},
                            insert path={(polygon.corner #1)-- (polygon.corner tmpnextn)}}
                            ]
                            node[draw, dotted, minimum size=2cm, regular polygon,
                            regular polygon sides=5] (polygon) {};
                            foreach X [count=Y] in {red,blue,orange,green,cyan}
                            {draw[X,polygon side=Y];}
                            end{tikzpicture}
                            end{document}


                            enter image description here



                            Note that as of now the number of corners (or sides) as well as the name of the object (or node), polygon, are hard coded. One could of course use pgfkeys to store them in some keys, and if you ask me to I'll be happy to add this to this answer.






                            share|improve this answer












                            Here is a proposal that defines a style polygon side which can be used e.g. like draw[red,polygon side=2]; to draw the second side red.



                            documentclass[tikz,border=3.14mm]{standalone}
                            usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric}

                            begin{document}
                            begin{tikzpicture}[get next vertex/.code n args={2}{%
                            pgfmathparse{int(1+mod(#1,5))}
                            xdef#2{pgfmathresult}},
                            polygon side/.style={get next vertex={#1}{tmpnextn},
                            insert path={(polygon.corner #1)-- (polygon.corner tmpnextn)}}
                            ]
                            node[draw, dotted, minimum size=2cm, regular polygon,
                            regular polygon sides=5] (polygon) {};
                            foreach X [count=Y] in {red,blue,orange,green,cyan}
                            {draw[X,polygon side=Y];}
                            end{tikzpicture}
                            end{document}


                            enter image description here



                            Note that as of now the number of corners (or sides) as well as the name of the object (or node), polygon, are hard coded. One could of course use pgfkeys to store them in some keys, and if you ask me to I'll be happy to add this to this answer.







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