--- a/scripts/plot/legend.m
+++ b/scripts/plot/legend.m
@@ -165,11 +165,13 @@
 	nargs = numel (varargin);
       endif
     elseif (iscellstr (arg))
-      varargin = arg;
+      varargin = fliplr (arg);
       nargs = numel (varargin);
     else
       error ("legend: expecting argument to be a character string");
     endif
+  else
+    varargin(1:nargs) = fliplr (varargin(1:nargs));
   endif
 
   if (nargs > 0)
@@ -231,6 +233,12 @@
 
 %!demo
 %! close all;
+%! plot(1:10, 1:10, 1:10, fliplr(1:10));
+%! title("incline is blue and decline is green");
+%! legend({"I'm blue", "I'm green"}, "location", "east")
+
+%!demo
+%! close all;
 %! plot(1:10, 1:10);
 %! title("a very long label can sometimes cause problems");
 %! legend({"hello world"}, "location", "northeastoutside")