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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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Making the background figure transparent in Matplotlib
schedule Aug 12, 2023
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To make the background figure transparent:
figure = plt.gcf()figure.patch.set_alpha(0.0)plt.plot([1,2,3],[1,2,3])plt.show()
This produces the following:
Note that by default, you would have a white background for the figure.
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