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

2D images in 3D

2D images in 3D

Intersecting planes

Intersecting planes

pie(x)

pie(x)