Re: [Matplotlib-users] Changing figure background color (through rcparams?)

[Pierre H. <pie...@cr...>]

Hi,

True enough, I didn't tested in a Notebook, but now it seems to work as
well:

https://gist.github.com/pierre-haessig/9779940
http://nbviewer.ipython.org/gist/pierre-haessig/9779940

(just a test with mpl.rcParams['axes.facecolor'] = 'red')

best,
Pierre

Le 25/03/2014 18:20, Adam Hughes a écrit :
> Thanks Pierre.
>
> I tried this with several different color types and couldn't see any
> difference in my plots in the notebook.  Did you by chance try this
> out and see a difference?
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 9:51 AM, Pierre Haessig
> <pie...@cr... <mailto:pie...@cr...>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     Le 20/03/2014 18:40, Adam Hughes a écrit :
>     > I am using an IPython notebook style that has a soft, yellow
>     > background that I think is more appealing that white.  When I make a
>     > plot, I'd like the background of the plot (ie, everything that is
>     > outside the x and y axis) to be the same color.  I'm trying to
>     change
>     > the figure.facecolor parameter through rc params but I don't see any
>     > changes.  Is figure.facecolor event he correct parameter?
>     >
>     > Has anyone done this successfully?
>     >
>     I think that 'axes.facecolor' does the job.
>
>     'figure.facecolor' changes the background of the figure outside the
>     plots (axes), that is the background color of the windows (which
>     is not
>     visible in the Notebook).
>
>     best,
>     Pierre
>
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