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# matplotlib.colors.ListedColormap

class `matplotlib.colors.``ListedColormap`(colors, name=’from_list’, N=None)

  Colormap object generated from a list of colors.

  This may be most useful when indexing directly into a colormap, but it can also be used to generate special colormaps for ordinary mapping.

  Make a colormap from a list of colors.

  colors
    a list of matplotlib color specifications, or an equivalent Nx3 or Nx4 floating point array (N rgb or rgba values)
  name
    a string to identify the colormap
  N

    the number of entries in the map. The default is None, in which case there is one colormap entry for each element in the list of colors. If:

        N < len(colors)

    the list will be truncated at N. If:

        N > len(colors)

    the list will be extended by repetition.

## Examples using `matplotlib.colors.ListedColormap`

Multicolored lines

Leftventricle Bulleye

Customized Colorbars Tutorial