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Adding multiple plots with different colorsChanging background color of figureChanging color based on valueChanging line color of a plotChanging the background color of a plotChanging the color of axesChanging the color of tick labelsDrawing semi-transparent plotsFilling in the area above a curveFilling in the area underneath a curveGetting specific color value from a color mapInverting color mapsMaking the background figure transparentShading an area
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Adding multiple plots with different colorsChanging background color of figureChanging color based on valueChanging line color of a plotChanging the background color of a plotChanging the color of axesChanging the color of tick labelsDrawing semi-transparent plotsFilling in the area above a curveFilling in the area underneath a curveGetting specific color value from a color mapInverting color mapsMaking the background figure transparentShading an area
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Adding multiple plots with different colors in Matplotlib

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By default, Matplotlib actually changes the color of the plots you add:

plt.plot([1,2,3])
plt.plot([3,2,1])
plt.legend(["my_blue", "my_orange"], loc="upper center")
plt.show()

This gets you the following:

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