import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np a = np.array([0.313660827978, 0.365348418405, 0.423733120134, 0.365348418405, 0.439599930621, 0.525083754405, 0.423733120134, 0.525083754405, 0.651536351379]).reshape(3,3) plt.imshow(a, interpolation='nearest', cmap='bone', origin='lower') plt.colorbar(shrink=.92) plt.xticks(()) plt.yticks(()) plt.show()