Hello Michael, for me there seems to be no problem. I'm using maplotlib version 0.91.2 (you can get you version using: >>> import matplotlib >>> print matplotlib.__version__ I'm not sure if it is due to the version, but if it is possible you may want to update to 0.91.2.
best regards Matthias On Thursday 13 March 2008 17:15, Michael Hearne wrote: > If you read the documentation for the fill() function, it says the > following: > > "The same color strings that plot supports are supported by the fill > format string." > > The plot() documentation says this: > > "In addition, you can specify colors in many weird and > wonderful ways, including full names 'green', hex strings > '#008000', RGB or RGBA tuples (0,1,0,1) or grayscale > intensities as a string '0.8'. Of these, the string > specifications can be used in place of a fmt group, but the > tuple forms can be used only as kwargs." > > Through experimentation, I determined this: > plot(array([1,2,3,4]),array([1,2,3,4]),'r') => works > plot(array([1,2,3,4]),array([1,2,3,4]),'#FF0000') => does NOT work > plot(array([1,2,3,4]),array([1,2,3,4]),color='#FF0000') => works > plot(array([1,2,3,4]),array([1,2,3,4]),color=(1,0,0)) => works > > > My second example would seem to contradict the documentation. > > However, my real question has to do with fill - the only color > strings that it seems to support are the ones that plot does - > namely, defined colors like 'r', 'g','b', etc. > > Assuming I have an axes set up as follows: > f=figure(); > ax = gca() > > None of the following seem to work: > ax.fill(array([0.25,0.75,0.75,0.25,0.25]),array > ([0.75,0.75,0.25,0.25,0.75]),'#FF0000') > ax.fill(array([0.25,0.75,0.75,0.25,0.25]),array > ([0.75,0.75,0.25,0.25,0.75]),color='#FF0000') > ax.fill(array([0.25,0.75,0.75,0.25,0.25]),array > ([0.75,0.75,0.25,0.25,0.75]),color=(1,0,0)) > > How can I specify an non-predefined color for the fill() function? > > I am using matplotlib version 0.90.1, I think. I don't know the best > way to get my matplotlib version information. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Michael Hearne > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (303) 273-8620 > USGS National Earthquake Information Center > 1711 Illinois St. Golden CO 80401 > Senior Software Engineer > Synergetics, Inc. > ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
