.. _sphx_glr_gallery_shapes_and_collections_hatch_demo.py: ========== Hatch Demo ========== Hatching (pattern filled polygons) is supported currently in the PS, PDF, SVG and Agg backends only. .. image:: /gallery/shapes_and_collections/images/sphx_glr_hatch_demo_001.png :align: center .. code-block:: python import matplotlib.pyplot as plt from matplotlib.patches import Ellipse, Polygon fig = plt.figure() ax1 = fig.add_subplot(131) ax1.bar(range(1, 5), range(1, 5), color='red', edgecolor='black', hatch="/") ax1.bar(range(1, 5), [6] * 4, bottom=range(1, 5), color='blue', edgecolor='black', hatch='//') ax1.set_xticks([1.5, 2.5, 3.5, 4.5]) ax2 = fig.add_subplot(132) bars = ax2.bar(range(1, 5), range(1, 5), color='yellow', ecolor='black') + \ ax2.bar(range(1, 5), [6] * 4, bottom=range(1, 5), color='green', ecolor='black') ax2.set_xticks([1.5, 2.5, 3.5, 4.5]) patterns = ('-', '+', 'x', '\\', '*', 'o', 'O', '.') for bar, pattern in zip(bars, patterns): bar.set_hatch(pattern) ax3 = fig.add_subplot(133) ax3.fill([1, 3, 3, 1], [1, 1, 2, 2], fill=False, hatch='\\') ax3.add_patch(Ellipse((4, 1.5), 4, 0.5, fill=False, hatch='*')) ax3.add_patch(Polygon([[0, 0], [4, 1.1], [6, 2.5], [2, 1.4]], closed=True, fill=False, hatch='/')) ax3.set_xlim((0, 6)) ax3.set_ylim((0, 2.5)) plt.show() **Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes 0.079 seconds) .. only :: html .. container:: sphx-glr-footer .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Python source code: hatch_demo.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: hatch_demo.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_