Title: Set The Color Of A Matplotlib Plot
Slug: set_the_color_of_a_matplotlib
Summary: Set The Color Of A Matplotlib Plot
Date: 2016-05-01 12:00
Category: Python
Tags: Data Visualization
Authors: Chris Albon

Import numpy and matplotlib.pyplot



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%matplotlib inline
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

Create some simulated data.



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n = 100
r = 2 * np.random.rand(n)
theta = 2 * np.pi * np.random.rand(n)
area = 200 * r**2 * np.random.rand(n)
colors = theta

Create a scatterplot using the a colormap.

Full list of colormaps: http://wiki.scipy.org/Cookbook/Matplotlib/Show_colormaps



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c = plt.scatter(theta, r, c=colors, s=area, cmap=plt.cm.RdYlGn)



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c1 = plt.scatter(theta, r, c=colors, s=area, cmap=plt.cm.Blues)



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c2 = plt.scatter(theta, r, c=colors, s=area, cmap=plt.cm.BrBG)



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c3 = plt.scatter(theta, r, c=colors, s=area, cmap=plt.cm.Greens)



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c4 = plt.scatter(theta, r, c=colors, s=area, cmap=plt.cm.RdGy)



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c5 = plt.scatter(theta, r, c=colors, s=area, cmap=plt.cm.YlOrRd)



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c6 = plt.scatter(theta, r, c=colors, s=area, cmap=plt.cm.autumn)



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c7 = plt.scatter(theta, r, c=colors, s=area, cmap=plt.cm.binary)



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c8 = plt.scatter(theta, r, c=colors, s=area, cmap=plt.cm.gist_earth)



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c9 = plt.scatter(theta, r, c=colors, s=area, cmap=plt.cm.gist_heat)



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c10 = plt.scatter(theta, r, c=colors, s=area, cmap=plt.cm.hot)



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c11 = plt.scatter(theta, r, c=colors, s=area, cmap=plt.cm.spring)



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c12 = plt.scatter(theta, r, c=colors, s=area, cmap=plt.cm.summer)



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c12 = plt.scatter(theta, r, c=colors, s=area, cmap=plt.cm.winter)



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c13 = plt.scatter(theta, r, c=colors, s=area, cmap=plt.cm.bone)



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c14 = plt.scatter(theta, r, c=colors, s=area, cmap=plt.cm.cool)



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c15 = plt.scatter(theta, r, c=colors, s=area, cmap=plt.cm.YlGn)



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c16 = plt.scatter(theta, r, c=colors, s=area, cmap=plt.cm.RdBu)



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c17 = plt.scatter(theta, r, c=colors, s=area, cmap=plt.cm.PuOr)



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c18 = plt.scatter(theta, r, c=colors, s=area, cmap=plt.cm.Oranges)