""" =============== Subplots Adjust =============== Adjusting the spacing of margins and subplots using `~matplotlib.pyplot.subplots_adjust`. """ import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np # Fixing random state for reproducibility np.random.seed(19680801) plt.subplot(211) plt.imshow(np.random.random((100, 100)), cmap=plt.cm.BuPu_r) plt.subplot(212) plt.imshow(np.random.random((100, 100)), cmap=plt.cm.BuPu_r) plt.subplots_adjust(bottom=0.1, right=0.8, top=0.9) cax = plt.axes([0.85, 0.1, 0.075, 0.8]) plt.colorbar(cax=cax) plt.show()