====== Adding a legend ====== TLegend *legend = new TLegend(0.65,0.85,0.95,0.75); //xmin,ymin,xmax,ymax in percent from lower left corner legend->AddEntry(histogram1, "name1"); legend->AddEntry(histogram2, "name2"); legend->SetFillColor(kWhite); // otherwise you get an ugly grey background legend->Draw();