.. _pyplots-fig_axes_customize_simple: pyplots example code: fig_axes_customize_simple.py ================================================== [`source code `_] :: import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt # plt.figure creates a matplotlib.figure.Figure instance fig = plt.figure() rect = fig.patch # a rectangle instance rect.set_facecolor('lightgoldenrodyellow') ax1 = fig.add_axes([0.1, 0.3, 0.4, 0.4]) rect = ax1.patch rect.set_facecolor('lightslategray') for label in ax1.xaxis.get_ticklabels(): # label is a Text instance label.set_color('red') label.set_rotation(45) label.set_fontsize(16) for line in ax1.yaxis.get_ticklines(): # line is a Line2D instance line.set_color('green') line.set_markersize(25) line.set_markeredgewidth(3) plt.show() Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see :ref:`how-to-search-examples`)