Setting colors in Matplotlib

Many elements in a Matplotlib figure can have their colors specified. There are several ways to do so. You will come across the color parameter as a keyword argument for style settings very often in different functions. The alternate abbreviated keyword c can often be used. We will first briefly introduce the general rule here.

Single letters for basic built-in colors

There is a list of common colors we can quickly call with single letters:

• b: Blue
• g: Green
• r: Red
• c: Cyan
• m: Magenta
• y: Yellow
• k: Black
• w: White

Names of standard HTML colors

Examples are coral, gold, springgreen, deepskyblue, and blueviolet. You can find the full list here: https://matplotlib.org/examples/color/named_colors.html.

RGB or RGBA color code

You can parse a tuple of three to four float numbers in the range of 0-1, such as (0.2,0.4,0.8) or (0.2,0.2,0.3,0.8). The first three numbers are RGB values that define the amount of red, green, and blue light to mix in the color. The optional fourth number is...