.. 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: ==================================== Colors in the default property cycle ==================================== 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 ------------ 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 `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_