"""
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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</tutorials/introductory/customizing>`.
"""
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()

#############################################################################
#
# .. admonition:: References
#
#    The use of the following functions, methods, classes and modules is shown
#    in this example:
#
#    - `matplotlib.axes.Axes.axhline` / `matplotlib.pyplot.axhline`
#    - `matplotlib.axes.Axes.axvline` / `matplotlib.pyplot.axvline`
#    - `matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_facecolor`
#    - `matplotlib.figure.Figure.suptitle`