Set matplotlibrc color cycle to custom colors using axes.prop_cycle (v1.5)

Julian_Irwin · December 21, 2015, 1:55am

Hi,

I’m trying to set my default color cycle in my matplotlibrc using axes.prop_cycle. The documentation (as far as I could find…) only gives examples like

axes.prop_cycle : cycler('color', 'bgrcmyk')

And then the comment below says, cryptically:

# as list of string colorspecs:
# single letter, long name, or
# web-style hex

But I have tried all sorts of variatns on:

axes.prop_cycle : cycler('color', ['#e41a1c', '#377eb8', '#4daf4a', '#ff7f00', '#a65628', '#f781bf', '#999999', '#984ea3', '#ffff33'])

But I always get an error upon importing matplotlib. Is there any doc on how to do this properly? Is this even supported?

Thanks,

Julian

tacaswell · December 21, 2015, 5:51am

Not at a computer to test, but try dropping the quotes.

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On Sun, Dec 20, 2015, 20:56 Julian Irwin <julian.irwin@…287…> wrote:

Hi,

I’m trying to set my default color cycle in my matplotlibrc using axes.prop_cycle. The documentation (as far as I could find…) only gives examples like

axes.prop_cycle : cycler('color', 'bgrcmyk')

And then the comment below says, cryptically:

# as list of string colorspecs:
# single letter, long name, or
# web-style hex
But I have tried all sorts of variatns on:

axes.prop_cycle : cycler('color', ['#e41a1c', '#377eb8', '#4daf4a', '#ff7f00', '#a65628', '#f781bf', '#999999', '#984ea3', '#ffff33'])
But I always get an error upon importing matplotlib. Is there any doc on how to do this properly? Is this even supported?

Thanks,

Julian

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Ben_Root · December 21, 2015, 2:45pm

You can’t use the hash symbol when doing colors as a hex in an rcfile. The rcfile parser is so simple that it treats it as a comment. Don’t drop the quotes.

Ben Root

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On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 12:51 AM, Thomas Caswell <tcaswell@…287…> wrote:

Not at a computer to test, but try dropping the quotes.

On Sun, Dec 20, 2015, 20:56 Julian Irwin <julian.irwin@…287…> wrote:

Hi,

I’m trying to set my default color cycle in my matplotlibrc using axes.prop_cycle. The documentation (as far as I could find…) only gives examples like

axes.prop_cycle : cycler('color', 'bgrcmyk')

And then the comment below says, cryptically:

# as list of string colorspecs:
# single letter, long name, or
# web-style hex
But I have tried all sorts of variatns on:

axes.prop_cycle : cycler('color', ['#e41a1c', '#377eb8', '#4daf4a', '#ff7f00', '#a65628', '#f781bf', '#999999', '#984ea3', '#ffff33'])
But I always get an error upon importing matplotlib. Is there any doc on how to do this properly? Is this even supported?

Thanks,

Julian

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Julian_Irwin · December 21, 2015, 8:33pm

Ahh, the hashes were the problem!

Thanks for your help.

Julian

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On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 8:45 AM, Benjamin Root <ben.v.root@…287…> wrote:

You can’t use the hash symbol when doing colors as a hex in an rcfile. The rcfile parser is so simple that it treats it as a comment. Don’t drop the quotes.

Ben Root

On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 12:51 AM, Thomas Caswell <tcaswell@…287…> wrote:

Not at a computer to test, but try dropping the quotes.

On Sun, Dec 20, 2015, 20:56 Julian Irwin <julian.irwin@…287…> wrote:

Hi,

I’m trying to set my default color cycle in my matplotlibrc using axes.prop_cycle. The documentation (as far as I could find…) only gives examples like

axes.prop_cycle : cycler('color', 'bgrcmyk')

And then the comment below says, cryptically:

# as list of string colorspecs:
# single letter, long name, or
# web-style hex
But I have tried all sorts of variatns on:

axes.prop_cycle : cycler('color', ['#e41a1c', '#377eb8', '#4daf4a', '#ff7f00', '#a65628', '#f781bf', '#999999', '#984ea3', '#ffff33'])
But I always get an error upon importing matplotlib. Is there any doc on how to do this properly? Is this even supported?

Thanks,

Julian

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