.. 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_style_sheets_dark_background.py: =========================== 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. .. image:: /gallery/style_sheets/images/sphx_glr_dark_background_001.png :alt: 'dark_background' style sheet :class: sphx-glr-single-img .. code-block:: default 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() .. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_style_sheets_dark_background.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: dark_background.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: dark_background.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_