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How to change axes background color in Matplotlib?
To change the axes background color, we can use set_facecolor() method.
Steps
Set the figure size and adjust the padding between and around the subplots.
Get the current axes using gca() method.
Set the facecolor of the axes.
Create x and y data points using numpy.
Plot x and y data points using plot() method.
To display the figure, use show() method.
Example
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.rcParams["figure.figsize"] = [7.50, 3.50]
plt.rcParams["figure.autolayout"] = True
ax = plt.gca()
ax.set_facecolor("orange")
x = np.linspace(-2, 2, 10)
y = np.exp(-x)
plt.plot(x, y, color='red')
plt.show()Output
Updated on: 03-Jun-2021
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