.. 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_pyplots_whats_new_98_4_fill_between.py: ============ Fill Between ============ Fill the area between two curves. .. code-block:: default import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np x = np.arange(-5, 5, 0.01) y1 = -5*x*x + x + 10 y2 = 5*x*x + x fig, ax = plt.subplots() ax.plot(x, y1, x, y2, color='black') ax.fill_between(x, y1, y2, where=(y2 > y1), facecolor='yellow', alpha=0.5) ax.fill_between(x, y1, y2, where=(y2 <= y1), facecolor='red', alpha=0.5) ax.set_title('Fill Between') plt.show() .. image:: /gallery/pyplots/images/sphx_glr_whats_new_98_4_fill_between_001.png :alt: Fill Between :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.fill_between .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out Out: .. code-block:: none .. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_pyplots_whats_new_98_4_fill_between.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: whats_new_98_4_fill_between.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: whats_new_98_4_fill_between.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_