Tikz: Define line and marker object in preamble

I have a lot of different plots for specific configurations (c1,c2,...,c10) where I only compare some of the configurations. Lets say plot 1: (c1,c4,c10) and in the next plot (c2,c3,c5). Also I will have the same configuration in dashed or dotted multiple times in one plot (i.e. for different locations or times) like plot 3:(c1,c1 dashed, c3, c3 dashed).
Now I want to create objects, storing the color, marker and linestyle information and put them in the preambel, so when I want to change a color all the plots and references change. Thank you for your help in advance!

documentclassstandalone

usepackagepgf, tikz, pgfplots

% define the colors, here I am looking for a command, somthing like:
definestylec01blue,mark=o
% ...
% ... and also maybe dashed ones
definestylec10_dashedgreen!55!black,style=dashed


begindocument

begintikzpicture
beginaxis
addplot[style = c01] coordinates (0,1) (0.5,1.5) (1,1); % now use these here somehow
addplot[style = c10_dashed] coordinates (0,2) (0.5,2.5) (1,2);
endaxis
endtikzpicture
enddocument


1 Answer
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You can define your own keys with pgfplotsset. For example,

pgfplotsset

documentclassstandalone

usepackagepgf, tikz, pgfplots
pgfplotssetcompat=1.16

pgfplotssetc01/.style=blue,mark=o
pgfplotssetc10_dashed/.style=green!55!black,style=dashed

begindocument

begintikzpicture
beginaxis
addplot[c01] coordinates (0,1) (0.5,1.5) (1,1); % now use these here somehow
addplot[c10_dashed] coordinates (0,2) (0.5,2.5) (1,2);
endaxis
endtikzpicture
enddocument


This use the pgf keys mechanism described in the pgf documentation.

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