{ // just defines a grey color pallete int ncol=10; double red[ncol]; double green[ncol]; double blue[ncol]; double stops[ncol]; double dcol = 1/double(ncol); double gray = 0; for (int j = 0; j < ncol; j++) { // ...... Define color with RGB equal to : gray, gray, gray ....... stops[j]=double(j)/double(ncol-1); red[j]=gray; blue[j]=gray; green[j]=gray; gray += dcol; } double totcol=50; gStyle->CreateGradientColorTable(ncol, red,green,blue,stops,totcol); }