[Matplotlib-users] Set matplotlibrc color cycle to custom colors using axes.prop_cycle (v1.5)

[Julian I. <jul...@gm...>]

Hi,

I'm trying to set my default color cycle in my matplotlibrc using
axes.prop_cycle. The documentation (as far as I could find...) only gives
examples like

axes.prop_cycle    : cycler('color', 'bgrcmyk')


And then the comment below says, cryptically:

# as list of string colorspecs:
# single letter, long name, or
# web-style hex

But I have tried all sorts of variatns on:

axes.prop_cycle    : cycler('color', ['#e41a1c', '#377eb8', '#4daf4a',
'#ff7f00', '#a65628', '#f781bf', '#999999', '#984ea3', '#ffff33'])

But I always get an error upon importing matplotlib. Is there any doc on
how to do this properly? Is this even supported?

Thanks,
Julian