I also recently posted an example that may do something similar to what you are after, you can have a look here: http://www.nabble.com/contribute-to-gallery--Or%2C-just-advice-on-changing-colors-automagically....-td24419101.html#a24427781
per freem-2 wrote: > > Hi all, > > i would like to set the colors of the lines i plot (using the plot > function) > to go from red to blue, in evenly spaced interval. that is, imagine a > color > map from red to green, where i plot n-many lines, each receiving a color > from this color map, starting at the red end and going to green. > > the docs say how to set the color cycle of lines set by plot, using: > > matplotlib.axes.set_default_color_cycle(['r', 'y', 'g', 'b']) > > but this only allows me to use named colors, and here i am looking to use > shades from red to green. > my question is: first, how can i generate N evenly spaced colors from the > red spectrum to the green spectrum? and two, how can i make it so plot > uses > these colors for its line plots? > > thanks very much. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge > This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, > vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have > the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full > prize > details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/Challenge > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/question-about-setting-colors-of-lines-using-colormap-tp24479842p24498248.html Sent from the matplotlib - users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full prize details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/Challenge _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
