matplotlib.style

Styles are predefined sets of rcParams that define the visual appearance of a plot.

Customizing Matplotlib with style sheets and rcParams describes the mechanism and usage of styles.

The Style sheets reference gives an overview of the builtin styles.

matplotlib.style.context(style, after_reset=False)[source]

Context manager for using style settings temporarily.

Parameters:

stylestr, dict, Path or list

A style specification. Valid options are:

str

• One of the style names in style.available (a builtin style or a style installed in the user library path).
• A dotted name of the form "package.style_name"; in that case, "package" should be an importable Python package name, e.g. at /path/to/package/__init__.py; the loaded style file is /path/to/package/style_name.mplstyle. (Style files in subpackages are likewise supported.)
• The path or URL to a style file, which gets loaded by rc_params_from_file.

dict

A mapping of key/value pairs for matplotlib.rcParams.

Path

The path to a style file, which gets loaded by rc_params_from_file.

list

A list of style specifiers (str, Path or dict), which are applied from first to last in the list.

after_resetbool

If True, apply style after resetting settings to their defaults; otherwise, apply style on top of the current settings.

matplotlib.style.reload_library()[source]

Reload the style library.

matplotlib.style.use(style)[source]

Use Matplotlib style settings from a style specification.

The style name of 'default' is reserved for reverting back to the default style settings.

Note

This updates the rcParams with the settings from the style. rcParams not defined in the style are kept.

Parameters:

stylestr, dict, Path or list

A style specification. Valid options are:

str

• One of the style names in style.available (a builtin style or a style installed in the user library path).
• A dotted name of the form "package.style_name"; in that case, "package" should be an importable Python package name, e.g. at /path/to/package/__init__.py; the loaded style file is /path/to/package/style_name.mplstyle. (Style files in subpackages are likewise supported.)
• The path or URL to a style file, which gets loaded by rc_params_from_file.

dict

A mapping of key/value pairs for matplotlib.rcParams.

Path

The path to a style file, which gets loaded by rc_params_from_file.

list

A list of style specifiers (str, Path or dict), which are applied from first to last in the list.

Notes

The following rcParams are not related to style and will be ignored if found in a style specification:

• backend
• backend_fallback
• date.epoch
• docstring.hardcopy
• figure.max_open_warning
• figure.raise_window
• interactive
• savefig.directory
• timezone
• tk.window_focus
• toolbar
• webagg.address
• webagg.open_in_browser
• webagg.port
• webagg.port_retries

matplotlib.style.library

A dict mapping from style name to rcParams defining that style.

This is meant to be read-only. Use reload_library to update.

matplotlib.style.available

List of the names of the available styles.

This is meant to be read-only. Use reload_library to update.