.. _style_sheets-plot_dark_background:

style_sheets example code: plot_dark_background.py
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.. plot:: /home/tcaswell/src/p/matplotlib/doc/mpl_examples/style_sheets/plot_dark_background.py

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    """
    ===========================
    Dark background style sheet
    ===========================
    
    This example demonstrates the "dark_background" style, which uses white for
    elements that are typically black (text, borders, etc). Note that not all plot
    elements default to colors defined by an rc parameter.
    
    """
    import numpy as np
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    
    
    plt.style.use('dark_background')
    
    fig, ax = plt.subplots()
    
    L = 6
    x = np.linspace(0, L)
    ncolors = len(plt.rcParams['axes.prop_cycle'])
    shift = np.linspace(0, L, ncolors, endpoint=False)
    for s in shift:
        ax.plot(x, np.sin(x + s), 'o-')
    ax.set_xlabel('x-axis')
    ax.set_ylabel('y-axis')
    ax.set_title("'dark_background' style sheet")
    
    plt.show()
    

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