.. only:: html
.. note::
:class: sphx-glr-download-link-note
Click :ref:`here ` to download the full example code
.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title
.. _sphx_glr_gallery_color_color_cycle_default.py:
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Colors in the default property cycle
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Display the colors from the default prop_cycle, which is obtained from the
:doc:`rc parameters`.
.. code-block:: default
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
prop_cycle = plt.rcParams['axes.prop_cycle']
colors = prop_cycle.by_key()['color']
lwbase = plt.rcParams['lines.linewidth']
thin = lwbase / 2
thick = lwbase * 3
fig, axs = plt.subplots(nrows=2, ncols=2, sharex=True, sharey=True)
for icol in range(2):
if icol == 0:
lwx, lwy = thin, lwbase
else:
lwx, lwy = lwbase, thick
for irow in range(2):
for i, color in enumerate(colors):
axs[irow, icol].axhline(i, color=color, lw=lwx)
axs[irow, icol].axvline(i, color=color, lw=lwy)
axs[1, icol].set_facecolor('k')
axs[1, icol].xaxis.set_ticks(np.arange(0, 10, 2))
axs[0, icol].set_title('line widths (pts): %g, %g' % (lwx, lwy),
fontsize='medium')
for irow in range(2):
axs[irow, 0].yaxis.set_ticks(np.arange(0, 10, 2))
fig.suptitle('Colors in the default prop_cycle', fontsize='large')
plt.show()
.. image:: /gallery/color/images/sphx_glr_color_cycle_default_001.png
:class: sphx-glr-single-img
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References
""""""""""
The use of the following functions, methods, classes and modules is shown
in this example:
.. code-block:: default
import matplotlib
matplotlib.axes.Axes.axhline
matplotlib.axes.Axes.axvline
matplotlib.pyplot.axhline
matplotlib.pyplot.axvline
matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_facecolor
matplotlib.figure.Figure.suptitle
.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out
Out:
.. code-block:: none
.. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_color_color_cycle_default.py:
.. only :: html
.. container:: sphx-glr-footer
:class: sphx-glr-footer-example
.. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python
:download:`Download Python source code: color_cycle_default.py `
.. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter
:download:`Download Jupyter notebook: color_cycle_default.ipynb `
.. only:: html
.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature
Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot
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