

.. _sphx_glr_gallery_color_color_cycle_default.py:


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Colors in the default property cycle
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Display the colors from the default prop_cycle.




.. image:: /gallery/color/images/sphx_glr_color_cycle_default_001.png
    :align: center





.. code-block:: python

    import numpy as np
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt


    prop_cycle = plt.rcParams['axes.prop_cycle']
    colors = prop_cycle.by_key()['color']

    lwbase = plt.rcParams['lines.linewidth']
    thin = float('%.1f' % (lwbase / 2))
    thick = lwbase * 3

    fig, axs = plt.subplots(nrows=2, ncols=2, sharex=True, sharey=True)
    for icol in range(2):
        if icol == 0:
            lwx, lwy = thin, lwbase
        else:
            lwx, lwy = lwbase, thick
        for irow in range(2):
            for i, color in enumerate(colors):
                axs[irow, icol].axhline(i, color=color, lw=lwx)
                axs[irow, icol].axvline(i, color=color, lw=lwy)

        axs[1, icol].set_facecolor('k')
        axs[1, icol].xaxis.set_ticks(np.arange(0, 10, 2))
        axs[0, icol].set_title('line widths (pts): %.1f, %.1f' % (lwx, lwy),
                               fontsize='medium')

    for irow in range(2):
        axs[irow, 0].yaxis.set_ticks(np.arange(0, 10, 2))

    fig.suptitle('Colors in the default prop_cycle', fontsize='large')

    plt.show()

**Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes  0.325 seconds)



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     :download:`Download Python source code: color_cycle_default.py <color_cycle_default.py>`



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