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# matplotlib.pyplot.gci

`matplotlib.pyplot.``gci`()

  Get the current colorable artist. Specifically, returns the current `ScalarMappable` instance (image or patch collection), or None if no images or patch collections have been defined. The commands `imshow()` and `figimage()` create `Image` instances, and the commands `pcolor()` and `scatter()` create `Collection` instances. The current image is an attribute of the current axes, or the nearest earlier axes in the current figure that contains an image.