%% 
%%  The LaTeX Graphics Companion, 2ed (first printing May 2007)
%% 
%%  Example D-11-5 on page .
%% 
%%  Copyright (C) 2007 Michel Goossens, Frank Mittelbach, Denis Roegel, Sebastian Rahtz, Herbert Vo\ss 
%% 
%%  It may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions
%%  of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3
%%  of this license or (at your option) any later version.
%% 
%%  See http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt for details.
%% 

\documentclass{ttctexaplate}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{413.44133pt}
\StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage{array,multicol}%
      \usepackage[table,showerrors,dvipsnames]{xcolor}
      \newcommand*\Color[2][+]{\textsl{#2}}
      \makeatletter
        \def\testclr#1#{\@testclr{#1}}
        \def\@testclr#1#2{{\fboxsep\z@\fbox{\colorbox#1{#2}{\phantom{XXXX}}}}}
        \def\Testclr#1#{\@Testclr{#1}}
        \def\@Testclr#1#2#3{\testclr#1{#2}~\rlap{\Color[-]{#3}}\\}
        \def\TestClr#1#{\@TestClr{#1}}
        \def\@TestClr#1#2#3{\testclr#1{#2}~\rlap{\Color[+]{#3}}\\}
      \makeatother

\StopShownPreambleCommands
\begin{document}
\centering
\small
\newcount\WL \unitlength.75pt
\centering
\begin{picture}(460,60)(355,-10)
\sffamily \tiny \linethickness{1.25\unitlength} \WL=360
\multiput(360,0)(1,0){456}%
 {{\color[wave]{\the\WL}\line(0,1){50}}\global\advance\WL1}
\linethickness{0.25\unitlength}\WL=360
\multiput(360,0)(20,0){23}%
 {\picture(0,0)
  \line(0,-1){5} \multiput(5,0)(5,0){3}{\line(0,-1){2.5}}
  \put(0,-10){\makebox(0,0){\the\WL}}\global\advance\WL20
  \endpicture}
\end{picture}\\[1mm]
\end{document}