[Matplotlib-users] legend for bar charts

[Jonathon A. <jan...@al...>]

I have a multicolor bar chart that I create like this:

bar(dates*4, b3 + b2 + b1 + b0,
        color=(['#9E73C1']*len(dates) + ['#A6DE62']*len(dates)
            + ['#F35E5A']*len(dates) + ['#4992DE']*len(dates)),
        width=4)

How can I create a legend for this?

    leg = legend(["98,304 - 163,840 Cores", "32768 - 98,303 Cores",
        "8,192 - 32,767 Cores", "0 - 8,191 Cores"],
        loc="upper left", shadow=True)

Shows the same color for each legend box, presumably because it's the
last color used in drawing the "line" in my bar chart.

~jon