\documentclass[border=2pt]{standalone} \usepackage{pgfplots} \pgfplotsset{compat=1.16} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{xcolor} \definecolor{yellow}{HTML}{cccc00} \definecolor{neongreen}{HTML}{00dd00} \definecolor{turquoise}{HTML}{00cccc} \definecolor{lila}{HTML}{aa00aa} \begin{document} \pgfplotscreateplotcyclelist{mylist}{% {yellow}, {neongreen, densely dashed}, {turquoise, dashed}, {blue,densely dotted}, {lila,dotted}, {red,loosely dotted}, {black}} \begin{tikzpicture} \begin{axis}[ title=$\chi^2_k$, legend style={at={(0.95, 0.95), anchor=north west}}, axis x line=middle, axis y line=middle, grid = major, width = 16cm, height= 9cm, grid style={dashed, gray!30}, domain = 0.01:8, restrict y to domain = 0:1, axis background/.style={fill=white}, xlabel=$x$, ylabel=$F_k(x)$, tick align=outside, enlargelimits=true, every axis plot/.append style={very thick}, cycle list name=mylist ] \foreach \k in {1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9} {% \addplot+[mark={}] gnuplot[raw gnuplot] {% igamma2(a,x) = igamma(a,x)*gamma(a); chisq(x,k)=igamma2(k/2.0, x/2.0) / gamma(k/2.0); set xrange [1.00000e-5:8]; set yrange [0.00000:1.0]; samples=800; plot chisq(x,\k)}; \addlegendentryexpanded{$k = \k$}} \end{axis} \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}