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I am trying to produce a colored table but the separation lines and the border lines are creating blank spaces that ruins the aesthetics of the table. I wish to remove them.

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Here is the code I'm using

\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{hhline}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}

\begin{document}

\begin{table}[h]
\centering
\begin{tabular}{l*8cl}
\toprule
\rowcolor[HTML]{A4CAF6} 
\multicolumn{1}{c}{\cellcolor[HTML]{A4CAF6}}                            & \multicolumn{8}{c}{\cellcolor[HTML]{A4CAF6}Temperatura $[^{\circ}C]$} & \cellcolor[HTML]{A4CAF6}                             \\ \cmidrule(lr){2-9}
\rowcolor[HTML]{A4CAF6} 
\multicolumn{1}{c}{\multirow{-2}{*}{\cellcolor[HTML]{A4CAF6}Propiedad}} & 25     & 50     & 100     & 150    & 200    & 250    & 300    & 350    & \multirow{-2}{*}{\cellcolor[HTML]{A4CAF6}Referencia} \\
\rowcolor[HTML]{FFFFC7} 
$Rp_{0,2} [MPa]$                                                          &        &        &         &        &        &        &        &        &                                                      \\ 
\rowcolor[HTML]{CFCFCF} 
$UTS [MPa]$                                                               &        &        &         &        &        &        &        &        &                                                      \\ \bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

\end{document}
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  • Use \hline instead of \toprule and \bottomrule and \hhline{~--------~} instead of \cmidrule.
    – leandriis
    May 7, 2020 at 17:38
  • Side note: You might want to add \usepackage{siunitx} and use [\si{\celsius}] instead of $[^{\circ}C]$.
    – leandriis
    May 7, 2020 at 17:41
  • I stopped using \hline because it didn't show when extracted to a pdf. Although I did use \hhline as you sagguested but the problem persists. It generates a white line of the same width.
    – Patricio
    May 7, 2020 at 20:23
  • \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor[HTML]{A4CAF6}}->{\arrayrulecolor{black}}-------->{\arrayrulecolor[HTML]{A4CAF6}}->{\arrayrulecolor{black}}} should remove the small white gap
    – leandriis
    May 7, 2020 at 20:40

2 Answers 2

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With the lastest version of nicematrix (4.0 of 2020/05/08), you can have the result easily (you need several compilations).

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{siunitx}

\usepackage{nicematrix}

\definecolor{myblue}{HTML}{A4CAF6}
\definecolor{myyellow}{HTML}{FFFFC7}
\definecolor{mygray}{HTML}{CFCFCF}

\begin{document}

\begin{table}[h]
\centering
\begin{NiceTabular}{L*{8}{C}L}[code-before = \rowcolor{myblue}{1,2} \rowcolor{myyellow}{3} \rowcolor{mygray}{4}]
\toprule
\multirow{2}{*}{Propiedad} & \multicolumn{8}{C}{Temperatura [\si{\celsius}]} & \multirow{2}{*}{Referencia}\\
\cmidrule{2-9}
 & 25 & 50 & 100 & 150 & 200 & 250 & 300 & 350 \\
R\textsubscript{p0,2} [\si{\mega\pascal}] \\
UTS [\si{\mega\pascal}] \\
\bottomrule
\end{NiceTabular}
\end{table}

\end{document}

Result of the above code

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  • Nice new features of nicematrix. A question: is possible to add more vertical space to table cells ( I steal read new documentation)? +1!
    – Zarko
    May 13, 2020 at 11:27
  • I assume you bother about the yellow gray rows. It's possible to use \extrarowheight and \arraystretch as usual. However, in this case, these parameters would also affect the blue zone which is perfect. It's possible to use \\[...] as usual but such a tuning beetween the yellow row and the gray one would increase the depth of the yellow row and not the height of the gray one. Eventually, I don't see other mean than adding manual struts in the yellow and gray rows... May 13, 2020 at 12:02
  • Francly said, I hope that there is way to use for example cellspace. I will make some more test late evening.
    – Zarko
    May 13, 2020 at 12:09
  • In this answer, since version 5.0 of nicematrix one must write l*{8}{c}l instead of L*{8}{C}L in the preamble of {NiceTabular} (but there is an option for backward compatibility). Jul 18, 2020 at 20:56
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Here is my suggestion. In order to get rid of the white line, you can use \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor[HTML]{A4CAF6}}->{\arrayrulecolor{black}}-------->{\arrayrulecolor[HTML]{A4CAF6}}->{\arrayrulecolor{black}}}. This will fill the white gap with a line in the same color as the background.

Instead of repeating the HTML color definition over and over, I suggest defining the color in the preamble and using this predefined color throughout your document. This will make thing much easier if you later on decide to change the color. You will then only have to chenge the definition in the preamble instead of changing the color of every single cell. In the following MWE I have used such a globally defined color.

I have also added the siunitx package for the units °C and MPa. I have also changed the code for Rp0,2 and UTS (assuming that these correpsond to yield strength and ultimate tensile strength) since using math mode for abbreviations is not recommended. If you want UTS to show up in italic, use \textit{UTS} instead.

For the second table, I have added the cellspace packagein order to add some vertical space above and below the text in each cell to avoid overlap with the horizontal lines.

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{hhline}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}
\usepackage{siunitx}

\definecolor{myblue}{HTML}{A4CAF6}
\definecolor{myyellow}{HTML}{FFFFC7}
\definecolor{mygray}{HTML}{CFCFCF}

\usepackage[column=0]{cellspace}
\setlength\cellspacetoplimit{0.5\tabcolsep}
\setlength\cellspacebottomlimit{\cellspacetoplimit}
\begin{document}

\begin{table}[h]
\centering
\begin{tabular}{l*8cl}
\hline
\rowcolor[HTML]{A4CAF6} 
\multicolumn{1}{c}{\cellcolor{myblue}}                            & \multicolumn{8}{c}{\cellcolor{myblue}Temperatura [\si{\celsius}]} & \cellcolor{myblue}                             \\ 
\hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{myblue}}->{\arrayrulecolor{black}}-------->{\arrayrulecolor{myblue}}->{\arrayrulecolor{black}}}
\rowcolor{myblue} 
\multicolumn{1}{c}{\multirow{-2}{*}{\cellcolor{myblue}Propiedad}} & 25     & 50     & 100     & 150    & 200    & 250    & 300    & 350    & \multirow{-2}{*}{\cellcolor{myblue}Referencia} \\
\rowcolor{myyellow} 
R\textsubscript{p0,2} [\si{\mega\pascal}]                                                          &        &        &         &        &        &        &        &        &                                                      \\ 
\rowcolor{mygray} 
UTS [\si{\mega\pascal}]                                                               &        &        &         &        &        &        &        &        &                                                      \\ \hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}


\begin{table}[h]
\centering
\begin{tabular}{0l*{8}{0c}0l}
\hline
\rowcolor[HTML]{A4CAF6} 
\multicolumn{1}{c}{\cellcolor{myblue}}                            & \multicolumn{8}{c}{\cellcolor{myblue}Temperatura [\si{\celsius}]} & \cellcolor{myblue}                             \\ 
\hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{myblue}}->{\arrayrulecolor{black}}-------->{\arrayrulecolor{myblue}}->{\arrayrulecolor{black}}}
\rowcolor{myblue} 
\multicolumn{1}{c}{\multirow{-2}{*}{\cellcolor{myblue}Propiedad}} & 25     & 50     & 100     & 150    & 200    & 250    & 300    & 350    & \multirow{-2}{*}{\cellcolor{myblue}Referencia} \\
\rowcolor{myyellow} 
R\textsubscript{p0,2} [\si{\mega\pascal}]                                                          &        &        &         &        &        &        &        &        &                                                      \\ 
\rowcolor{mygray} 
UTS [\si{\mega\pascal}]                                                               &        &        &         &        &        &        &        &        &                                                      \\ \hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

\end{document}

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