matplotlib.pyplot.get_cmap#

matplotlib.pyplot.get_cmap(name=None, lut=None)[source]#

Get a colormap instance, defaulting to rc values if name is None.

Parameters:

nameColormap or str or None, default: None

If a Colormap instance, it will be returned. Otherwise, the name of a colormap known to Matplotlib, which will be resampled by lut. The default, None, means rcParams["image.cmap"] (default: 'viridis').

lutint or None, default: None

If name is not already a Colormap instance and lut is not None, the colormap will be resampled to have lut entries in the lookup table.

Returns:

Colormap

Examples using matplotlib.pyplot.get_cmap#

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Image resampling

Image resampling

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Histogram as colorbar

Histogram as colorbar

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2D images in 3D

2D images in 3D

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Intersecting planes

Intersecting planes

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pie(x)

pie(x)