\begin{tikzpicture} \begin{axis}[ legend pos=south west, axis x line=middle, axis y line=middle, %grid = major, width=9cm, height=9cm, grid style={dashed, gray!30}, xmin=-2, % start the diagram at this x-coordinate xmax= 1, % end the diagram at this x-coordinate ymin=-1, % start the diagram at this y-coordinate ymax= 5, % end the diagram at this y-coordinate %axis background/.style={fill=white}, %xlabel=$x$, %ylabel=$y$, ticks=none, %tick align=outside, %minor tick num=-3, enlargelimits=true, tension=0.08] \addplot[mark=none, orange, smooth cycle, thick, tension=1, dashed] coordinates {% (0,0) (-1,1) (-2,2) (-1,3) (0, 3) (1, 4)}; \addplot[mark=none, blue, smooth cycle, thick, tension=3] coordinates {% (0,0) (-1,1) (-2,2) (-1,3) (0, 3) (1, 4)}; \end{axis} \end{tikzpicture}