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from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D
from matplotlib import cm
from matplotlib.ticker import LinearLocator
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.gca(projection='3d')
X = np.arange(-5, 5, 0.25)
xlen = len(X)
Y = np.arange(-5, 5, 0.25)
ylen = len(Y)
X, Y = np.meshgrid(X, Y)
R = np.sqrt(X**2 + Y**2)
Z = np.sin(R)
colortuple = ('y', 'b')
colors = np.empty(X.shape, dtype=str)
for y in range(ylen):
for x in range(xlen):
colors[x, y] = colortuple[(x + y) % len(colortuple)]
surf = ax.plot_surface(X, Y, Z, rstride=1, cstride=1, facecolors=colors,
linewidth=0, antialiased=False)
ax.set_zlim3d(-1, 1)
ax.w_zaxis.set_major_locator(LinearLocator(6))
plt.show()
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