["python","matplotlib","colors"]
How to set the default color cycle for all subplots with matplotlib?

How can I set a default set of colors for plots made with matplotlib? I can set a particular color map like this import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt fig=plt.figure(i) ax=plt.gca() colormap = plt.get_cmap('jet') ax.set_color_cycle([colormap(k) for k in np.linspace(0, 1, 10)]) but is there some way to set the same set of colors for all plots, including subplots?
Sure! Either specify axes.color_cycle in your .matplotlibrc file or set it at runtime using matplotlib.rcParams or matplotlib.rc. As an example of the latter: import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import matplotlib as mpl import numpy as np # Set the default color cycle mpl.rcParams['axes.prop_cycle'] = mpl.cycler(color=["r", "k", "c"]) x = np.linspace(0, 20, 100) fig, axes = plt.subplots(nrows=2) for i in range(10): axes[0].plot(x, i * (x - 10)**2) for i in range(10): axes[1].plot(x, i * np.cos(x)) plt.show()