""" Display the colors from the default prop_cycle. """ 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 = float('%.1f' % (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): %.1f, %.1f' % (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()