Filling pattern between two path without axis

Question

I want to fill between two paths I created with a pattern. When I do so, the filling is always black. I would like other colors/patterns.

My MWE is :

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,twoside]{book}

\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{circuitikz}
\usepackage{pstricks}
\let\clipbox\relax
\usepackage[percent]{overpic}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{compat=1.10}
\usepgfplotslibrary{fillbetween}
\usetikzlibrary{patterns,calc,positioning,shapes}

\begin{document}
\begin{figure}

\center
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw[ultra thick, red, name path=A]
(-8,1.5) cos (-6,0) sin (-4,-1.5) cos (-2,0) sin (0,1.5) cos (2,0) sin (4,-1.5) cos (6,0) sin (8,1.5);
\draw[line width=2pt, black, dashed] (-8,0) -- (8,0);
\draw[line width=0.5pt, black, dashed, name path=B] (-8,-2) -- (8,-2);
\draw[->] (-8.2,-2) -- (8.2,-2) node[right] {$x$}; 
\draw[->] (-8,-2.2) -- (-8,10.2) node[above] {$y$};
\tikzfillbetween[of=A and B]{pattern=crosshatch};

\end{tikzpicture}
\end{figure}
\end{document}

What am I doing wrong ?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:34

You just need to remove pstricks package, with XeLaTeX there is no problem, if you want to use pdflatex and to maintain pstricks this answer give methods to do that

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,twoside]{book}

\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{circuitikz}
%\usepackage{pstricks}
\let\clipbox\relax
\usepackage[percent]{overpic}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{compat=1.10}
\usepgfplotslibrary{fillbetween}
\usetikzlibrary{patterns,calc,positioning,shapes}

\begin{document}
\begin{figure}

\center
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw[ultra thick,red, name path=A]
(-8,1.5) cos (-6,0) sin (-4,-1.5) cos (-2,0) sin (0,1.5) cos (2,0) sin (4,-1.5) cos (6,0) sin (8,1.5);
\draw[line width=2pt, black, dashed] (-8,0) -- (8,0);
\draw[line width=0.5pt, black, dashed, name path=B] (-8,-2) -- (8,-2);
\draw[->] (-8.2,-2) -- (8.2,-2) node[right] {$x$}; 
\draw[->] (-8,-2.2) -- (-8,10.2) node[above] {$y$};
\tikzfillbetween[of=A and B]{pattern=crosshatch};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{figure}
\end{document}

Update

Another method without using fillbetween library just with a clipped grid inside your path, in this case you can control density of "pattern" with scale option

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,twoside]{book}

\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{circuitikz}
%\usepackage{pstricks}
\let\clipbox\relax
\usepackage[percent]{overpic}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{compat=1.10}
%\usepgfplotslibrary{fillbetween}
\usetikzlibrary{patterns,calc,positioning,shapes}

\begin{document}
\begin{figure}

\centering
\begin{tikzpicture}

\begin{scope}
\path[clip]
(-8,1.5) cos (-6,0) sin (-4,-1.5) cos (-2,0) sin (0,1.5) cos (2,0) sin (4,-1.5) cos (6,0) 
sin (8,1.5)|-(-8,-2)--cycle;
\draw[rotate=30,step=0.3](-8,-6)grid(8,6);
\end{scope}

\draw[ultra thick,red]
(-8,1.5) cos (-6,0) sin (-4,-1.5) cos (-2,0) sin (0,1.5) cos (2,0) 
sin (4,-1.5) cos (6,0) sin (8,1.5);
\draw[line width=2pt, black, dashed] (-8,0) -- (8,0);
\draw[->] (-8.2,-2) -- (8.2,-2) node[right] {$x$}; 
\draw[->] (-8,-2.2) -- (-8,10.2) node[above] {$y$};

\end{tikzpicture}
\end{figure}


\end{document}

It worked but is it possible to change the width and rate of the patern ? — zeslayer, Jan 07 '17 at 17:02

Filling pattern between two path without axis

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