C M wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Michael Cohen <mco...@caltech.edu> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I am making a plot with circle symbols, so I have 'o' in the plot() command.
>> How do I make those circles transparent?  I'd like the center of the
>> circles to allow the catter plot underneath the circle location to show
>> through.

That will make the circle borders transparent as well.  If you don't 
want the circles filled at all, use mfc='none' (a string, not the Python 
None object).

Eric

>>
>> Cheers
>> Michael
> 
> In your plot() command you can set the alpha value.  Try setting
> mfc='b', for example, (marker face color = blue) and then alpha = .3.
> and then you can try different values of alpha to see how transparent
> you want it.
> 
> Che
> 
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