Re: [Matplotlib-users] figure: facecolor not respected (Agg backend) ?

[John H. <jdh...@ac...>]

>>>>> "Uwe" == Uwe Hoffmann <qu...@ti...> writes:

    Uwe> Hi, i am using the simple_plot.py example with the Agg or
    Uwe> WXAgg backends.  If i insert the following line:
    Uwe> rcParams["figure.facecolor"] = "r" the background is red when
    Uwe> using the WXAgg driver but with the Agg backend the
    Uwe> background of the png image is still white.

    Uwe> Any hints ?  (matplotlib 0.64, linux)

help(savefig)

The default figure facecolor is passed as a kwarg in savefig.  The
idea is that you often want a different background color for the
figure in a GUI (eg gray) and in hardcopy (eg white)

  savefig('myfile', facecolor='r') 

should work.

JDH