#!/usr/bin/env python """ matplotlib gives you 4 ways to specify colors, 1) as a single letter string, ala matlab 2) as an html style hex string or html color name 3) as an R,G,B tuple, where R,G,B, range from 0-1 4) as a string representing a floating point number from 0 to 1, corresponding to shades of gray. See help(colors) for more info. """ from pylab import * subplot(111, axisbg='darkslategray') #subplot(111, axisbg='#ababab') t = arange(0.0, 2.0, 0.01) s = sin(2*pi*t) plot(t, s, 'y') xlabel('time (s)', color='r') ylabel('voltage (mV)', color='0.5') # grayscale color title('About as silly as it gets, folks', color='#afeeee') show()