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Automatically Pick Colors for Curves
Mathematica 6 automatically chooses appropriate colors for multiple curves, and can fill using transparency.
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Plot[Evaluate[Table[BesselJ[n, x], {n, 4}]], {x, 0, 15}, 

 Filling -> Axis]
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