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Created October 16, 2019 09:53
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Matplotlib color cycler indexing
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matplotlib_color_cycler.py
cycle = plt.rcParams['axes.prop_cycle'].by_key()['color']
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
t = np.arange(5)
for i in range(4):
line, = ax.plot(t,i*(t+1), linestyle = '-')
ax.plot(t,i*(t+1)+.3,color = line.get_color(), linestyle = ':')
fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
t = np.arange(5)
cmap = plt.get_cmap("tab10")
for i in range(4):
ax.plot(t,i*(t+1), color=cmap(i), linestyle = '-')
ax.plot(t,i*(t+1)+.3,color=cmap(i), linestyle = ':')
plt.show()
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