""" ===================== Grayscale style sheet ===================== This example demonstrates the "grayscale" style sheet, which changes all colors that are defined as `.rcParams` to grayscale. Note, however, that not all plot elements respect `.rcParams`. """ import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt # Fixing random state for reproducibility np.random.seed(19680801) def color_cycle_example(ax): L = 6 x = np.linspace(0, L) ncolors = len(plt.rcParams['axes.prop_cycle']) shift = np.linspace(0, L, ncolors, endpoint=False) for s in shift: ax.plot(x, np.sin(x + s), 'o-') def image_and_patch_example(ax): ax.imshow(np.random.random(size=(20, 20)), interpolation='none') c = plt.Circle((5, 5), radius=5, label='patch') ax.add_patch(c) plt.style.use('grayscale') fig, (ax1, ax2) = plt.subplots(ncols=2) fig.suptitle("'grayscale' style sheet") color_cycle_example(ax1) image_and_patch_example(ax2) plt.show()