There are a number of options to allow styling an axis. There are settings to control [grid lines](#grid-line-configuration) and [ticks](#tick-configuration).
| `borderDash` | `number[]` | | | `[]` | Length and spacing of dashes on grid lines. See [MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CanvasRenderingContext2D/setLineDash).
| `borderDashOffset` | `number` | Yes | | `0.0` | Offset for line dashes. See [MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CanvasRenderingContext2D/lineDashOffset).
| `color` | [`Color`](../general/colors.md) | Yes | Yes | `Chart.defaults.borderColor` | The color of the grid lines. If specified as an array, the first color applies to the first grid line, the second to the second grid line, and so on.
| `drawOnChartArea` | `boolean` | | | `true` | If true, draw lines on the chart area inside the axis lines. This is useful when there are multiple axes and you need to control which grid lines are drawn.
| `drawTicks` | `boolean` | | | `true` | If true, draw lines beside the ticks in the axis area beside the chart.
| `tickBorderDash` | `number[]` | | | | Length and spacing of the tick mark line. If not set, defaults to the grid line `borderDash` value.
| `tickBorderDashOffset` | `number` | Yes | Yes | | Offset for the line dash of the tick mark. If unset, defaults to the grid line `borderDashOffset` value
| `tickColor` | [`Color`](../general/colors.md) | Yes | Yes | | Color of the tick line. If unset, defaults to the grid line color.
| `enabled` | `boolean` | `false` | If true, major ticks are generated. A major tick will affect autoskipping and `major` will be defined on ticks in the scriptable options context.