The Wolfram Language allows you detailed control over the way that graphics objects are rendered. The combination of sequentially-acting graphics directives, together with hierarchical style specifications, makes possible succinct descriptions of complex graphical scenes.

Colors & Opacity »

Red  ▪  Green  ▪  Blue  ▪  Hue  ▪  RGBColor  ▪  GrayLevel  ▪  Blend  ▪  ...

Opacity — opacity (0 for transparent)

ColorData — data for named color schemes (gradients, collections, etc.)

Points

PointSize, AbsolutePointSize — relative and absolute sizes of points

Lines & Arrows

Thick, Thin, Thickness, AbsoluteThickness — line thicknesses

Dashed, Dotted, DotDashed, Dashing, AbsoluteDashing — line dashing

Arrowheads — form and placement of arrowheads

JoinForm, CapForm — join and cap styles for lines

2D & 3D Objects

EdgeForm, FaceForm — rendering of edges and faces

Texture — texture for faces

Filling in 2D

PatternFilling — fill a shape with a repeated version of a base pattern

HatchFilling — fill a shape with line hatching

LinearGradientFilling — fill a shape with a linear gradient

RadialGradientFilling  ▪  ConicGradientFilling

Surface Shading in 3D

MaterialShading — realistic rendering of surface material

ToonShading — cartoon-like shading of surfaces

StippleShading  ▪  GoochShading  ▪  HatchShading  ▪  HalftoneShading

Opacity, Glow, Specularity, Lighting — 3D surface properties

Effects in 2D

DropShadowing — drop shadow effect

Blurring — blur effect

Haloing — halo effect

Lighting

AmbientLight  ▪  DirectionalLight  ▪  PointLight  ▪  SpotLight

Lighting — list of light sources

Text & Formatting Options

FontSize  ▪  FontFamily  ▪  Bold  ▪  Italic  ▪  StandardForm

Directive — compound directive

Style — general style specification