Here's an example of how to specify bins/edges using fake, random data.
Using imagesc()
See link for additional input options.
% Create fake data
c = rand(32,32);
% Define x and y edges that span from -4 to 4
x = linspace(-4, 4, size(c,2));
y = linspace(-4, 4, size(c,1));
% Produce plot
imagesc(x,y,c)
grid on
colorbar
Using heatmap()
See link for additional input options.
% ...continuing from above
heatmap(x,y,c)
colormap('parula')
Using rectangle(), when grid is variable in size (build your own color grid)
If the x and y coordinates of each grid is nonuniform and each grid potentially has a different size, you'll have to build the grid from scratch (if there's a different method I'd love to know).
Using the data shared below in one of the comments left by OP, this example builds the color grid from scratch using rectangle().
% c is a [32x32] matrix
% xedges is a monotonically increasing vector of length 33;
% yedges (same)
c = rand(32,32);
xedges = linspace(-4, 4, size(c,2)+1);
yedges = linspace(-4, 4, size(c,1)+1);
% Define bottom, left corner (x,y) of each rectangle
[x, y] = meshgrid(xedges(1:end-1),yedges(1:end-1));
% Determine width and height of each rectangle
[w, h] = meshgrid(diff(xedges), diff(yedges));
% Normalize c matrix (0:1)
cNorm = (c - min(c(:))) / max(c(:));
% Create color matrix
% * you can use any color map: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/colormap.html#buc3wsn-1-map
% * if you change the color map here, change it below as well.
% * I'm setting precision here to 4 decimal places
prec = 1e4;
cmat = parula(prec);
% Assign color (row index) to each value in c
cIdx = round(cNorm * prec);
% loop through each rectangle and draw it
figure
axh = axes;
hold(axh, 'on')
for i = 1:numel(cIdx)
% Don't draw rectangle if color value is 0
if cIdx(i) == 0
continue
end
% Draw rectangle
rh = rectangle(axh, 'Position', [x(i), y(i), w(i), h(i)], ...
'FaceColor', cmat(cIdx(i), :), 'EdgeColor', 'k');
end
% Plot cosmetics
grid(axh, 'on')
colormap(axh, 'parula')
colorbar(axh)
caxis([min(c(:)), max(c(:))])
%% Sanity check
% Confirm that edges are correct by drawing lines at edges.
% Save and restore axis limits
yl = ylim;
xl = xlim;
plot([xedges;xedges], repmat(ylim', size(xedges)), 'k-') %x bins, vertical lines
plot(repmat(xlim', size(yedges)), [yedges;yedges], 'k-') %y bins, horizontal lines
xlim(xl)
ylim(yl)
