Histograms of two sets of data with different color in matlab

figure;
hist(data1);
hold on;
%//make data1 red
%//get the handle of the bars in a histogram
h = findobj(gca,'Type','patch');
%//color of the bar is red and the color of the border
%// of the bar is white!
set(h,'FaceColor','r','EdgeColor','w');
%//data 2 use default color!
hist(data2);

Edit: 03/30/09

As suggested by Adam in the comments, there is a better way to achieve that. Thanks Adam!!
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The variable h contains handles to each of the histograms. Just use “set” on each element individually.

e.g.:

hist(data1);
 hold on;
 hist(data2);
 hist(data3);

h = findobj(gca,’Type’,’patch’);
display(h)

set(h(1),’FaceColor’,’r’,’EdgeColor’,’k’);
set(h(2),’FaceColor’,’g’,’EdgeColor’,’k’);
set(h(2),’FaceColor’,’b’,’EdgeColor’,’k’);