[Matplotlib-users] colorbar tick labeling

[Michael O. <mou...@de...>]

I was wondering if it is possible to change the colorbar tick labeling in 
matplotlib from numeric to text. Essentially, I want the colorbar to be a 
qualitative indicator; in the jet scheme, I'd like blue to be labeled 
as 'unstable', green as 'neutral', and red as 'stable'. I can change it so I 
just show the underlying values - colorbar(ticks = (-1, 0, 1)), but I cannot 
change the the tick labels to text. Is there any way to accomplish this? 
Thanks in advance for any help.