Neal, I like to use partially transparent rectangles, such as axhspan and axvspan. Some people are not so great with colors, so I try to minimize line color changes. If you were going to change line colors, I would do something to the line style to highlight the difference as well. Below is a little test.
Ryan ### Code ### import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt x = np.linspace(0, 2*np.pi, 1000) y = np.sin(x) plt.plot(x, y, 'k-', lw=0.5) plt.axvspan(0.2, 0.4, color='k', alpha=0.2) mask = (x > 2.5) & (x < 3.0) plt.plot(x[mask], y[mask], 'r-', lw=2.5) plt.show() ########### On 6/27/2013 9:50 AM, Neal Becker wrote: > I have a line plot and I'd like to highlight certain segments of it. I think > maybe drawing some segments in a different color might be a good visual clue. > Any suggestion how to approach this? > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > > Build for Windows Store. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
