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VectorStyle

is an option to VectorPlot, ListVectorPlot, and related functions that determines the style to use for drawing field vectors.

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VectorStyle

VectorStyle

is an option to VectorPlot, ListVectorPlot, and related functions that determines the style to use for drawing field vectors.

Details

  • The setting for VectorStyle can include any color, thickness, dashing, arrowhead, or other graphics directive.
  • VectorStyle->g specifies that a graphics directive g should be used to draw vectors in a plot.
  • VectorStyle->{g1,g2,…} specifies that successive directives gi should be used cyclically for successive vector fields.
  • The directives that can be given include:
  • Arrowheads[spec]arrowheads
    Dashing[{w1,…}]dashing specification
    Directive[g1,g2,…]composite graphics directive
    Glow[c]glow color
    GrayLevel[i]intensity
    Hue[h]hue
    Opacity[a]opacity
    Red, Blue, etc.named colors
    RGBColor[r,g,b]RGB color
    Specularity[s]surface specularity
    Opacity[a]opacity
    Thickness[w]line thickness
  • If an explicit setting is given for VectorColorFunction, it is used in preference to the setting for VectorStyle.

Examples

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Basic Examples  (4)

Vector fields are colored to indicate magnitude:

Wolfram Language code: VectorPlot[{-1 - x ^ 2 + y, 1 + x - y ^ 2}, {x, -3, 3}, {y, -3, 3}]

Modify the style of the vectors:

Wolfram Language code: VectorPlot[{-1 - x ^ 2 + y, 1 + x - y ^ 2}, {x, -3, 3}, {y, -3, 3}, VectorStyle -> Thick]

Set VectorColorFunctionNone to modify the color of the vectors:

Wolfram Language code: VectorPlot[{-1 - x ^ 2 + y, 1 + x - y ^ 2}, {x, -3, 3}, {y, -3, 3}, VectorColorFunction -> None, VectorStyle -> Red]

Set the style for multiple vector fields:

Wolfram Language code: VectorPlot[{{-1 - x ^ 2 + y, 1 + x - y ^ 2}, {-(1 + x - y ^ 2), -1 - x ^ 2 + y}}, {x, -3, 3}, {y, -3, 3}, VectorColorFunction -> None, VectorStyle -> {Red, Blue}]

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Combine vector styles with vector markers:

Wolfram Language code: VectorPlot[{-x + y, x + y}, {x, -3, 3}, {y, -3, 3}, VectorColorFunction -> None, VectorStyle -> Red, VectorMarkers -> "Drop"]

Control the size of the arrowheads:

Wolfram Language code: Table[VectorPlot[{-x + y, x + y}, {x, -3, 3}, {y, -3, 3}, VectorPoints -> 10, VectorStyle -> Arrowheads[n], PlotLabel -> Arrowheads[n]], {n, {0.05, 0.1}}]

Use an arbitrary graphic as the arrowheads for vectors:

Wolfram Language code: VectorPlot[{-x + y, x + y}, {x, -3, 3}, {y, -3, 3}, VectorPoints -> 7, VectorStyle -> Arrowheads[{{.05, 1, {[image], 0}}}]]

Plot a vector field using 3D arrows:

Wolfram Language code: VectorPlot3D[{x, y, z}, {x, -1, 1}, {y, -1, 1}, {z, -1, 1}, VectorPoints -> 5, PlotRange -> All, VectorStyle -> "Arrow3D", VectorColorFunction -> Hue]

Use Graphics3D as a style for the 3D arrows:

Wolfram Language code: VectorPlot3D[{x, y, z}, {x, -1, 1}, {y, -1, 1}, {z, -1, 1}, VectorPoints -> 5, PlotRange -> All, VectorStyle -> {{Graphics3D[Cylinder[{{0, 0, 0}, {1, 0, 0}}, 0.5]], Graphics3D[Cone[{{-0.5, 0, 0}, {1.5, 0, 0}}, 0.5]]}}, VectorColorFunction -> Hue]

Use Arrowheads to specify the style of the arrowheads:

Wolfram Language code: VectorPlot3D[{x, -y, z}, {x, -1, 1}, {y, -1, 1}, {z, -1, 1}, VectorPoints -> 5, PlotRange -> All, VectorStyle -> Arrowheads[{{0.02, 1, Graphics3D[Sphere[{0, 0, 0}, 0.8]]}}]]

Change the scaling using the VectorScaling option:

Wolfram Language code: VectorPlot3D[{x, -y, z}, {x, -1, 1}, {y, -1, 1}, {z, -1, 1}, PlotRange -> All, VectorPoints -> 5, VectorStyle -> Graphics3D[Sphere[{0, 0, 0}, 0.3]], VectorScaling -> Automatic]
Wolfram Research (2008), VectorStyle, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/VectorStyle.html (updated 2018).

Text

Wolfram Research (2008), VectorStyle, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/VectorStyle.html (updated 2018).

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2008. "VectorStyle." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2018. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/VectorStyle.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2008). VectorStyle. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/VectorStyle.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_vectorstyle, author="Wolfram Research", title="{VectorStyle}", year="2018", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/VectorStyle.html}", note=[Accessed: 14-November-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2026_vectorstyle, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={VectorStyle}, year={2018}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/VectorStyle.html}, note=[Accessed: 14-November-2026]}