I have I have an image with both light and dark regions. I want to write text on
it in a color that contrasts with the underlying image color.

Right now if I make the text black, it is not very legible if the underling
color is dark. Similarly, if I make the text white, it is not legible if the
underlying color is light. (using gray text will not work)

One way to solve the problem would be to: 
-produce the image
        e.g. im1=plt.imshow 
(zM,origin='lower',interpolation='hanning',extent=None)
-get the underlying color from the image where I want to place the text
        Need help here. How do I get the color from im1
-calculate a contrasting color
        Need help here
-plot the text in the contrasting color



Another way would be to use a font with a dark edge and light interior (or vice
versa) but I know of know such font for matplotlib.

Any help appreciated...




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