How to apply color gradient in listplot based on the density of points

Question

I have a list of points ( a list with sub lists which are {x,y} coordinates. I would like to have a listplot where the areas with higher density of points are in darker colors and areas with lower density of points have lighter colors so it is visually visible that in some areas points might overlap each other.

flinty · Answer

points = Join[
   RandomVariate[
    MultinormalDistribution[{-0.5, 0.25}, 0.07*IdentityMatrix[2]], 
    1000],
   RandomVariate[
    MultinormalDistribution[{0.6, -0.1}, 0.03*IdentityMatrix[2]], 
    1000],
   RandomReal[{-1.5, 1.5}, {1000, 2}]
   ];
skd = SmoothKernelDistribution[points];
ListPlot[points, 
 ColorFunction -> Function[{x, y}, Hue[PDF[skd, {x, y}]]], 
 ColorFunctionScaling -> False, AspectRatio -> 1]

How to apply color gradient in listplot based on the density of points

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