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<h1>Specifying Colors<a class="headerlink" href="#specifying-colors" title="Permalink to this headline">#</a></h1>

Matplotlib recognizes the following formats to specify a color.

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<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head">Format</th>

<th class="head">Example</th>

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<tr class="row-even"><td>RGB or RGBA (red, green, blue, alpha)

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<li><code class="docutils literal notranslate">'#abc'</code> as <code class="docutils literal notranslate">'#aabbcc'</code></li>

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<tr class="row-odd"><td>String representation of float value

in closed interval <code class="docutils literal notranslate">[0, 1]</code> for

grayscale values.</td>

<li><code class="docutils literal notranslate">'0'</code> as black</li>

<li><code class="docutils literal notranslate">'1'</code> as white</li>

<li><code class="docutils literal notranslate">'0.8'</code> as light gray</li>

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<tr class="row-even"><td>Single character shorthand notation

for some basic colors.

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The colors green, cyan, magenta,

and yellow do not coincide with

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shades were chosen for better

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<li><code class="docutils literal notranslate">'g'</code> as green</li>

<li><code class="docutils literal notranslate">'m'</code> as magenta</li>

<li><code class="docutils literal notranslate">'y'</code> as yellow</li>

<li><code class="docutils literal notranslate">'k'</code> as black</li>

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<tr class="row-odd"><td>Case-insensitive X11/CSS4 color name

with no spaces.</td>

<li><code class="docutils literal notranslate">'aquamarine'</code></li>

<li><code class="docutils literal notranslate">'mediumseagreen'</code></li>

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<tr class="row-even"><td>Case-insensitive color name from

<a class="reference external" href="https://xkcd.com/color/rgb/">xkcd color survey</a> with <code class="docutils literal notranslate">'xkcd:'</code>

prefix.</td>

<li><code class="docutils literal notranslate">'xkcd:eggshell'</code></li>

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'T10' categorical palette.

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This is the default color

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<li><code class="docutils literal notranslate">'tab:orange'</code></li>

<li><code class="docutils literal notranslate">'tab:green'</code></li>

<li><code class="docutils literal notranslate">'tab:purple'</code></li>

<li><code class="docutils literal notranslate">'tab:brown'</code></li>

<li><code class="docutils literal notranslate">'tab:olive'</code></li>

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<tr class="row-even"><td rowspan="2">"CN" color spec where <code class="docutils literal notranslate">'C'</code>

precedes a number acting as an index

into the default property cycle.

Note

Matplotlib indexes color

at draw time and defaults

to black if cycle does not

include color.

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<tr class="row-odd"><td><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><a class="reference external" href="../../tutorials/introductory/customizing.html?highlight=axes.prop_cycle#a-sample-matplotlibrc-file">rcParams["axes.prop_cycle"]</a></code> (default: <code class="docutils literal notranslate">cycler('color', ['#1f77b4', '#ff7f0e', '#2ca02c', '#d62728', '#9467bd', '#8c564b', '#e377c2', '#7f7f7f', '#bcbd22', '#17becf'])</code>)</td>

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<dt>The following links provide more information on colors in Matplotlib.</dt><dd><ul class="simple">

<li><a class="reference internal" href="../../gallery/color/color_demo.html">Color Demo</a> Example</li>

<li><a class="reference internal" href="../../api/colors_api.html#module-matplotlib.colors" title="matplotlib.colors"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate">matplotlib.colors</code></a> API</li>

<li><a class="reference internal" href="../../gallery/color/named_colors.html">List of named colors</a> Example</li>

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"Red", "Green", and "Blue" are the intensities of those colors. In combination,

they represent the colorspace.

Matplotlib draws Artists based on the <code class="docutils literal notranslate">zorder</code> parameter. If there are no

specified values, Matplotlib defaults to the order of the Artists added to the

Axes.

The alpha for an Artist controls opacity. It indicates how the RGB color of the

new Artist combines with RGB colors already on the Axes.

The two Artists combine with alpha compositing. Matplotlib uses the equation

below to compute the result of blending a new Artist.

<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre>RGB_{new} = RGB_{below} * (1 - \alpha) + RGB_{artist} * \alpha

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Alpha of 1 indicates the new Artist completely covers the previous color.

Alpha of 0 for top color is not visible; however, it contributes to blending

for intermediate values as the cumulative result of all previous Artists. The

following table contains examples.

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Note

Re-ordering Artists is not commutative in Matplotlib.

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<h2>"CN" color selection<a class="headerlink" href="#cn-color-selection" title="Permalink to this headline">#</a></h2>

Matplotlib converts "CN" colors to RGBA when drawing Artists. The

<a class="reference internal" href="../intermediate/color_cycle.html">Styling with cycler</a> section contains additional

information about controlling colors and style properties.

<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre>import numpy as np

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

import matplotlib as mpl

def demo(sty):

<a href="../../api/style_api.html#matplotlib.style.use" title="matplotlib.style.use" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-style sphx-glr-backref-type-py-function">mpl.style.use</a>(sty)

<a href="../../api/figure_api.html#matplotlib.figure.Figure" title="matplotlib.figure.Figure" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-figure sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">fig</a>, <a href="../../api/axes_api.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-axes sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">ax</a> = <a href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.subplots.html#matplotlib.pyplot.subplots" title="matplotlib.pyplot.subplots" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-pyplot sphx-glr-backref-type-py-function">plt.subplots</a>(figsize=(3, 3))

<a href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_title.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_title" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_title" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-axes sphx-glr-backref-type-py-method">ax.set_title</a>('style: {!r}'.format(sty), color='C0')

<a href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.plot.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.plot" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.plot" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-axes sphx-glr-backref-type-py-method">ax.plot</a>(<a href="https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.ndarray.html#numpy.ndarray" title="numpy.ndarray" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-numpy sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">th</a>, <a href="https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.ufunc.html#numpy.ufunc" title="numpy.ufunc" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-numpy sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">np.cos</a>(<a href="https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.ndarray.html#numpy.ndarray" title="numpy.ndarray" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-numpy sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">th</a>), 'C1', label='C1')

<a href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.plot.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.plot" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.plot" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-axes sphx-glr-backref-type-py-method">ax.plot</a>(<a href="https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.ndarray.html#numpy.ndarray" title="numpy.ndarray" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-numpy sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">th</a>, <a href="https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.ufunc.html#numpy.ufunc" title="numpy.ufunc" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-numpy sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">np.sin</a>(<a href="https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.ndarray.html#numpy.ndarray" title="numpy.ndarray" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-numpy sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">th</a>), 'C2', label='C2')

<a href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.legend.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.legend" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.legend" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-axes sphx-glr-backref-type-py-method">ax.legend</a>()

demo('default')

demo('seaborn')

</pre></div>

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The first color <code class="docutils literal notranslate">'C0'</code> is the title. Each plot uses the second and third

colors of each style's <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><a class="reference external" href="../../tutorials/introductory/customizing.html?highlight=axes.prop_cycle#a-sample-matplotlibrc-file">rcParams["axes.prop_cycle"]</a></code> (default: <code class="docutils literal notranslate">cycler('color', ['#1f77b4', '#ff7f0e', '#2ca02c', '#d62728', '#9467bd', '#8c564b', '#e377c2', '#7f7f7f', '#bcbd22', '#17becf'])</code>). They are <code class="docutils literal notranslate">'C1'</code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate">'C2'</code>,

respectively.

</section>

<h2>Comparison between X11/CSS4 and xkcd colors<a class="headerlink" href="#comparison-between-x11-css4-and-xkcd-colors" title="Permalink to this headline">#</a></h2>

The xkcd colors come from a <a class="reference external" href="https://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/">user survey conducted by the webcomic xkcd</a>.

95 out of the 148 X11/CSS4 color names also appear in the xkcd color survey.

Almost all of them map to different color values in the X11/CSS4 and in

the xkcd palette. Only 'black', 'white' and 'cyan' are identical.

For example, <code class="docutils literal notranslate">'blue'</code> maps to <code class="docutils literal notranslate">'#0000FF'</code> whereas <code class="docutils literal notranslate">'xkcd:blue'</code> maps to

<code class="docutils literal notranslate">'#0343DF'</code>. Due to these name collisions, all xkcd colors have the

<code class="docutils literal notranslate">'xkcd:'</code> prefix.

The visual below shows name collisions. Color names where color values agree

are in bold.

<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre>import matplotlib.colors as mcolors

import matplotlib.patches as mpatch

<a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#set" title="builtins.set" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">overlap</a> = {name for name in <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#dict" title="builtins.dict" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">mcolors.CSS4_COLORS</a>

if f'xkcd:{name}' in <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#dict" title="builtins.dict" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">mcolors.XKCD_COLORS</a>}

<a href="../../api/figure_api.html#matplotlib.figure.Figure" title="matplotlib.figure.Figure" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-figure sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">fig</a> = <a href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.figure.html#matplotlib.pyplot.figure" title="matplotlib.pyplot.figure" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-pyplot sphx-glr-backref-type-py-function">plt.figure</a>(figsize=[9, 5])

<a href="../../api/axes_api.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-axes sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">ax</a> = <a href="../../api/figure_api.html#matplotlib.figure.Figure.add_axes" title="matplotlib.figure.Figure.add_axes" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-figure sphx-glr-backref-type-py-method">fig.add_axes</a>([0, 0, 1, 1])

<a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#int" title="builtins.int" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">n_rows</a> = len(<a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#set" title="builtins.set" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">overlap</a>) // <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#int" title="builtins.int" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">n_groups</a> + 1

for <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#int" title="builtins.int" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">j</a>, <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="builtins.str" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">color_name</a> in enumerate(sorted(<a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#set" title="builtins.set" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">overlap</a>)):

<a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="builtins.str" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">css4</a> = <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#dict" title="builtins.dict" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">mcolors.CSS4_COLORS</a>[<a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="builtins.str" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">color_name</a>]

<a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="builtins.str" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">xkcd</a> = <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#dict" title="builtins.dict" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">mcolors.XKCD_COLORS</a>[f'xkcd:{<a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="builtins.str" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">color_name</a>}'].upper()

# Pick text colour based on perceived luminance.

<a href="https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.ndarray.html#numpy.ndarray" title="numpy.ndarray" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-numpy sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">rgba</a> = <a href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.colors.to_rgba_array.html#matplotlib.colors.to_rgba_array" title="matplotlib.colors.to_rgba_array" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-colors sphx-glr-backref-type-py-function">mcolors.to_rgba_array</a>([<a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="builtins.str" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">css4</a>, <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="builtins.str" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">xkcd</a>])

<a href="https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.ndarray.html#numpy.ndarray" title="numpy.ndarray" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-numpy sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">luma</a> = 0.299 * <a href="https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.ndarray.html#numpy.ndarray" title="numpy.ndarray" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-numpy sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">rgba</a>[:, 0] + 0.587 * <a href="https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.ndarray.html#numpy.ndarray" title="numpy.ndarray" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-numpy sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">rgba</a>[:, 1] + 0.114 * <a href="https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.ndarray.html#numpy.ndarray" title="numpy.ndarray" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-numpy sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">rgba</a>[:, 2]

<a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="builtins.str" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">css4_text_color</a> = 'k' if <a href="https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.ndarray.html#numpy.ndarray" title="numpy.ndarray" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-numpy sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">luma</a>[0] > 0.5 else 'w'

<a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="builtins.str" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">xkcd_text_color</a> = 'k' if <a href="https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.ndarray.html#numpy.ndarray" title="numpy.ndarray" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-numpy sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">luma</a>[1] > 0.5 else 'w'

<a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#int" title="builtins.int" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">col_shift</a> = (<a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#int" title="builtins.int" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">j</a> // <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#int" title="builtins.int" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">n_rows</a>) * 3

<a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#dict" title="builtins.dict" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">text_args</a> = dict(fontsize=10, weight='bold' if <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="builtins.str" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">css4</a> == <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="builtins.str" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">xkcd</a> else None)

<a href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.add_patch.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.add_patch" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.add_patch" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-axes sphx-glr-backref-type-py-method">ax.add_patch</a>(<a href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.patches.Rectangle.html#matplotlib.patches.Rectangle" title="matplotlib.patches.Rectangle" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-patches sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class">mpatch.Rectangle</a>((0 + <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#int" title="builtins.int" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">col_shift</a>, <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#int" title="builtins.int" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">y_pos</a>), 1, 1, color=<a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="builtins.str" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">css4</a>))

<a href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.add_patch.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.add_patch" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.add_patch" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-axes sphx-glr-backref-type-py-method">ax.add_patch</a>(<a href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.patches.Rectangle.html#matplotlib.patches.Rectangle" title="matplotlib.patches.Rectangle" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-patches sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class">mpatch.Rectangle</a>((1 + <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#int" title="builtins.int" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">col_shift</a>, <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#int" title="builtins.int" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">y_pos</a>), 1, 1, color=<a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="builtins.str" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">xkcd</a>))

<a href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.text.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.text" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.text" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-axes sphx-glr-backref-type-py-method">ax.text</a>(0.5 + <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#int" title="builtins.int" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">col_shift</a>, <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#int" title="builtins.int" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">y_pos</a> + .7, <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="builtins.str" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">css4</a>,

color=<a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="builtins.str" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">css4_text_color</a>, ha='center', **<a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#dict" title="builtins.dict" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">text_args</a>)

<a href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.text.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.text" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.text" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-axes sphx-glr-backref-type-py-method">ax.text</a>(1.5 + <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#int" title="builtins.int" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">col_shift</a>, <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#int" title="builtins.int" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">y_pos</a> + .7, <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="builtins.str" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">xkcd</a>,

color=<a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="builtins.str" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">xkcd_text_color</a>, ha='center', **<a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#dict" title="builtins.dict" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">text_args</a>)

<a href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.text.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.text" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.text" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-axes sphx-glr-backref-type-py-method">ax.text</a>(2 + <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#int" title="builtins.int" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">col_shift</a>, <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#int" title="builtins.int" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">y_pos</a> + .7, f' {<a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="builtins.str" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">color_name</a>}', **<a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#dict" title="builtins.dict" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">text_args</a>)

<a href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.hlines.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.hlines" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.hlines" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-axes sphx-glr-backref-type-py-method">ax.hlines</a>(range(<a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#int" title="builtins.int" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">n_rows</a>), 3*<a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#int" title="builtins.int" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">g</a>, 3*<a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#int" title="builtins.int" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">g</a> + 2.8, color='0.7', linewidth=1)

<a href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_xlim.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_xlim" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_xlim" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-axes sphx-glr-backref-type-py-method">ax.set_xlim</a>(0, 3 * <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#int" title="builtins.int" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">n_groups</a>)

<a href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_ylim.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_ylim" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_ylim" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-axes sphx-glr-backref-type-py-method">ax.set_ylim</a>(<a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#int" title="builtins.int" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-builtins sphx-glr-backref-type-py-class sphx-glr-backref-instance">n_rows</a>, -1)

<a href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.axis.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.axis" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.axis" class="sphx-glr-backref-module-matplotlib-axes sphx-glr-backref-type-py-method">ax.axis</a>('off')

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