Re: [Matplotlib-users] question about setting colors of lines using colormap

2009-07-15 Thread John [H2O]
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

[Matplotlib-users] question about setting colors of lines using colormap

2009-07-14 Thread per freem
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

Re: [Matplotlib-users] question about setting colors of lines using colormap

2009-07-14 Thread Tony S Yu
Not too long ago, I posted an example of this to the list. The code near the bottom of that thread is a little more general than the one at the top and shows, three different ways to cycle through the colors of a colormap. Hope that helps, -Tony On Jul 14, 2009, at 9:51 AM, per freem

Re: [Matplotlib-users] question about setting colors of lines using colormap

2009-07-14 Thread per freem
Hi Tony, thanks for the pointer. that code does not run for me, it generates the following error: ttributeErrorTraceback (most recent call last) color_cycle.py in module() 63 if __name__ == '__main__': 64 n_lines = 10 --- 65

Re: [Matplotlib-users] question about setting colors of lines using colormap

2009-07-14 Thread Tony S Yu
On Jul 14, 2009, at 3:12 PM, per freem wrote: Hi Tony, thanks for the pointer. that code does not run for me, it generates the following error: ttributeErrorTraceback (most recent call last) /Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/rcsetup.pyc