.. _color-colormaps_reference: color example code: colormaps_reference.py ========================================== .. plot:: /home/tcaswell/other_source/matplotlib/doc/mpl_examples/color/colormaps_reference.py :: """ Reference for colormaps included with Matplotlib. This reference example shows all colormaps included with Matplotlib. Note that any colormap listed here can be reversed by appending "_r" (e.g., "pink_r"). These colormaps are divided into the following categories: Sequential: These colormaps are approximately monochromatic colormaps varying smoothly between two color tones---usually from low saturation (e.g. white) to high saturation (e.g. a bright blue). Sequential colormaps are ideal for representing most scientific data since they show a clear progression from low-to-high values. Diverging: These colormaps have a median value (usually light in color) and vary smoothly to two different color tones at high and low values. Diverging colormaps are ideal when your data has a median value that is significant (e.g. 0, such that positive and negative values are represented by different colors of the colormap). Qualitative: These colormaps vary rapidly in color. Qualitative colormaps are useful for choosing a set of discrete colors. For example:: color_list = plt.cm.Set3(np.linspace(0, 1, 12)) gives a list of RGB colors that are good for plotting a series of lines on a dark background. Miscellaneous: Colormaps that don't fit into the categories above. """ import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt cmaps = [('Sequential', ['Blues', 'BuGn', 'BuPu', 'GnBu', 'Greens', 'Greys', 'Oranges', 'OrRd', 'PuBu', 'PuBuGn', 'PuRd', 'Purples', 'RdPu', 'Reds', 'YlGn', 'YlGnBu', 'YlOrBr', 'YlOrRd']), ('Sequential (2)', ['afmhot', 'autumn', 'bone', 'cool', 'copper', 'gist_heat', 'gray', 'hot', 'pink', 'spring', 'summer', 'winter']), ('Diverging', ['BrBG', 'bwr', 'coolwarm', 'PiYG', 'PRGn', 'PuOr', 'RdBu', 'RdGy', 'RdYlBu', 'RdYlGn', 'Spectral', 'seismic']), ('Qualitative', ['Accent', 'Dark2', 'Paired', 'Pastel1', 'Pastel2', 'Set1', 'Set2', 'Set3']), ('Miscellaneous', ['gist_earth', 'terrain', 'ocean', 'gist_stern', 'brg', 'CMRmap', 'cubehelix', 'gnuplot', 'gnuplot2', 'gist_ncar', 'nipy_spectral', 'jet', 'rainbow', 'gist_rainbow', 'hsv', 'flag', 'prism'])] nrows = max(len(cmap_list) for cmap_category, cmap_list in cmaps) gradient = np.linspace(0, 1, 256) gradient = np.vstack((gradient, gradient)) def plot_color_gradients(cmap_category, cmap_list): fig, axes = plt.subplots(nrows=nrows) fig.subplots_adjust(top=0.95, bottom=0.01, left=0.2, right=0.99) axes[0].set_title(cmap_category + ' colormaps', fontsize=14) for ax, name in zip(axes, cmap_list): ax.imshow(gradient, aspect='auto', cmap=plt.get_cmap(name)) pos = list(ax.get_position().bounds) x_text = pos[0] - 0.01 y_text = pos[1] + pos[3]/2. fig.text(x_text, y_text, name, va='center', ha='right', fontsize=10) # Turn off *all* ticks & spines, not just the ones with colormaps. for ax in axes: ax.set_axis_off() for cmap_category, cmap_list in cmaps: plot_color_gradients(cmap_category, cmap_list) plt.show() Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see :ref:`how-to-search-examples`)