# Color the space under the ploted line in a pgfplot

I have plotted some values on a pgfplot and I wish to color in red the part under the line. Some suggestion about a package or what I need to look into would be great. In this case googling it did not help me too much

My graph:

my code:

\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usetikzlibrary{datavisualization}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\datavisualization [school book axes, visualize as smooth line]
data {
x, y
-1.9,0.001
-1.8,0.001
-1.7,0.002
-1.6,0.001
-1.5,0.01
-1.4,0.004
-1.3,0.005
-1.2,0.008
-1.1,0.01
-1,0.014
-0.9,0.029
-0.8,0.037
-0.7,0.056
-0.6,0.119
-0.5,0.187
-0.4,0.391
-0.3,0.667
-0.2,1.062
-0.1,1.648
0,2.418
0.1,2.454
0.2,1.829
0.3,1.243
0.4,0.809
0.5,0.537
0.6,0.319
0.7,0.178
0.8,0.101
0.9,0.06
1,0.035
1.1,0.019
1.2,0.018
1.3,0.014
1.4,0.019
1.5,0.004
1.6,0.004
1.7,0.002
1.8,0.003
1.9,0.001
2,0.003
2.1,0.001
2.2,0.002
2.3,0.001
2.4,0.001
};
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}


I want it to look something like this:

• @StefanPinnow, I don't understand how to use the fillbetween from the other question which you referenced. I don't have 2 plots. I have one line.. – Adrian May 13 at 12:06

This can be done using e.g. PGFPlots fillbetween library. Please also have a look at the corresponding section in the PGFPlots manual or at other questions here on TeX.SX with the tag .

% used PGFPlots v1.16
\documentclass[border=5pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usepgfplotslibrary{fillbetween}
\pgfplotsset{
/pgf/declare function={
% normal distribution where \mean = mean and \stddev = sd}
gauss(\mean,\stddev) = 1/sqrt(2*pi*\stddev^2) * exp(-((\x-\mean)^2)/(2*\stddev^2));
% define xmin and xmax only once here and reuse them later
xmin=-2;
xmax=2;
},
}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[
axis x line=bottom,
axis y line=middle,
axis on top,
xmin=xmin,
xmax=xmax,
domain=xmin:xmax,
samples=100,
]
\path[name path=axis] (axis cs:xmin,0) -- (axis cs:xmax,0);

thick,
name path=gauss,
] {gauss(0.1, 0.25)};
% instead of using a function here you could also give table values or read a (table) file
% \addplot table {<table> or <file name>};