Re: [Matplotlib-users] Highlighting portions of a plot

[Ryan N. <rne...@gm...>]

Neal,

I like to use partially transparent rectangles, such as axhspan and 
axvspan. Some people are not so great with colors, so I try to minimize 
line color changes.
If you were going to change line colors, I would do something to the 
line style to highlight the difference as well. Below is a little test.

Ryan

### Code ###
import numpy as np

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt


x = np.linspace(0, 2*np.pi, 1000)

y = np.sin(x)


plt.plot(x, y, 'k-', lw=0.5)


plt.axvspan(0.2, 0.4, color='k', alpha=0.2)


mask = (x > 2.5) & (x < 3.0)

plt.plot(x[mask], y[mask], 'r-', lw=2.5)


plt.show()
###########


On 6/27/2013 9:50 AM, Neal Becker wrote:
> I have a line plot and I'd like to highlight certain segments of it.  I think
> maybe drawing some segments in a different color might be a good visual clue.
> Any suggestion how to approach this?
>
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