I have the following LaTeX-Code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[pdftex,active,tightpage]{preview}
\setlength\PreviewBorder{2mm}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes, calc, shapes,snakes}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
\begin{document}
\begin{preview}
\begin{tikzpicture}[thick]
\newcommand\XC{4}
\newcommand\ALPHA{30}
\newcommand\XB{{(\XC*(cos(\ALPHA)*cos(\ALPHA) - sin(\ALPHA)*sin(\ALPHA)) + \XC)*0.5}}
\newcommand\YB{{sqrt(cos(\ALPHA)*\XC*cos(\ALPHA)*\XC - (\XC*(cos(\ALPHA)*cos(\ALPHA) - sin(\ALPHA)*sin(\ALPHA)) + \XC)*0.5*(\XC*(cos(\ALPHA)*cos(\ALPHA) - sin(\ALPHA)*sin(\ALPHA)) + \XC)*0.5)}}
\newcommand\XBo{{(\XB)+4}}
\newcommand\YBo{{\YB}}
\newcommand\XBp{{\XB*0.5}}
\newcommand\YBp{{\YB*0.5}}
% Draw the triangle
\draw[fill=gray!10] (0, 0) coordinate (A)
-- (\XB,\YB) coordinate (C)
-- (\XC, 0) coordinate (B)
-- (0, 0);
% Draw nodes
\node at (A)[anchor=north] {A};
\node at (B)[anchor=north] {B};
\node at (C)[anchor=south] {C};
% Draw edge text
\node (c) at ($(A)!0.5!(B)$) [below] {c};
\node (b) at ($(A)!0.5!(C)$) [above] {b};
\node (a) at ($(B)!0.6!(C)$) [right] {a};
% draw alpha
\draw[fill=green!30] (0,0) -- (0:0.75cm) arc (0:\ALPHA:.75cm);
\coordinate[label=right:$\alpha$] (Alpha) at (0.25,0.15);
% draw beta
\begin{scope}[shift={(\XC, 0)}]
\draw[fill=red!30] (0,0) -- (-180:0.50cm) arc (180:{180-(90-\ALPHA)}:0.5cm);
\draw (150:0.35cm) node {$\beta$};
\end{scope}
% draw gamma
\begin{scope}[shift={(\XB, \YB)}]
\draw[fill=blue!30] (0,0) -- ({180+\ALPHA}:0.5cm) arc ({180+\ALPHA}:{180+\ALPHA+90}:0.5cm);
\draw (-0.1, -0.05) node[below] {$\gamma$};
\end{scope}
% shifted alpha
\begin{scope}[shift={(4,0)}]
\draw[fill=green!30] (0,0) -- (0:0.5cm) arc (0:\ALPHA:.5cm);
\end{scope}
% shifted gamma
\begin{scope}[shift={(4, 0)},rotate=180]
\draw[fill=blue!30] (0,0) -- ({180+\ALPHA}:0.5cm) arc ({180+\ALPHA}:{180+\ALPHA+90}:0.5cm);
\end{scope}
\begin{scope}[shift={(3.13,-0.5)}]
\draw[dashed,red] (0, 0) -- (\XB,\YB);
\end{scope}
\draw[dashed, color=red] (-1, 0) -- (6, 0);
\draw (0, 0) coordinate (X)
-- (\XB,\YB) coordinate (Y)
-- (\XC, 0) coordinate (Z)
-- (0, 0);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{preview}
\end{document}
That produces:

When you look close at the horizontal red dashed line, you can see a black line from the green angle. I would like to get rid of it without changing anything else in the image
I know, it comes from this line:
\draw[fill=green!30] (0,0) -- (0:0.5cm) arc (0:\ALPHA:.5cm);
I could get rid of the line, if I changed the code to this:
\draw[fill=green!30] (0:0.5cm) arc (0:\ALPHA:.5cm);
But then I get this:

The green background disappeared. How can I get green background, but not the black line?
\draw[fill=green!30] (0:0.5cm) arc (0:\ALPHA:.5cm) -- (0,0);you'll get the green background without the horizontal line, but the black diagonal will be drawn twice (once by the green sector, once by the purple). If you want just the green background and the arc line, you'll have to use two paths:\path[fill=green!30] (0,0) -- (0:0.5cm) arc (0:\ALPHA:.5cm); \draw (0:0.5cm) arc (0:\ALPHA:.5cm);– Jake Feb 13 '13 at 19:05\pathwas what I was looking for. Don't you want to post your comment as an answer? – Martin Thoma Feb 13 '13 at 19:20