Use the options in the Plot Options dialog box to create a custom border color and a custom background fill color for one or more X–Y plots in your session. By default, X–Y plots have no border and they are filled with a light grey background color. You might want to adjust the border color to distinguish between different X–Y plots used in an overlay plot; you might want to adjust the fill color if the X–Y curves used in your plot do not stand out clearly against the default background.
To customize the border and fill colors for an X–Y plot:
Select Options
XY OptionsPlot Options; or click 
, which is located with the X–Y plotting tools in the Visualization module toolbox.
The Plot Options dialog box opens.
From the Plots frame, highlight one or more X–Y plots that you want to modify. This frame lists plot names and the viewports in which they are displayed.
Toggle on Show border to display a border around the X–Y plot.
If desired, change the color of the X–Y plot border by performing the following steps:
Click the color sample immediately to the right of the Show border label 
.
Abaqus/CAE displays the Select Color dialog box.
Use one of the methods in the Select Color dialog box to select a new color. For more information, see “Customizing colors,” Section 3.2.9.
Click OK to close the Select Color dialog box.
The color sample and the X–Y plot border change to the selected color.
Toggle on Fill to fill the X–Y plot with the color displayed to the right of the Fill label.
If desired, change the X–Y plot fill color by performing the following steps:
Click the color sample immediately to the right of the Fill label .
Abaqus/CAE displays the Select Color dialog box.
Use one of the methods in the Select Color dialog box to select a new color. For more information, see “Customizing colors,” Section 3.2.9.
Click OK to close the Select Color dialog box.
The X–Y plot fill color changes to the selected color.