""" ============= scatter(x, y) ============= A scatter plot of y vs. x with varying marker size and/or color. See `~matplotlib.axes.Axes.scatter`. """ import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np plt.style.use('_mpl-gallery') # make the data np.random.seed(3) x = 4 + np.random.normal(0, 2, 24) y = 4 + np.random.normal(0, 2, len(x)) # size and color: sizes = np.random.uniform(15, 80, len(x)) colors = np.random.uniform(15, 80, len(x)) # plot fig, ax = plt.subplots() ax.scatter(x, y, s=sizes, c=colors, vmin=0, vmax=100) ax.set(xlim=(0, 8), xticks=np.arange(1, 8), ylim=(0, 8), yticks=np.arange(1, 8)) plt.show()