colors unsorted

Author: fariza

examples/color/named_colors.py

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+#issue https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/issues/2164
+
+import numpy as np
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+from  matplotlib.colors import cnames
+from itertools import chain
+
+print len(cnames.keys())
+n = len(cnames)
+ncols = n / 15
+nrows = n / ncols
+names = cnames.keys()
+colors = cnames.values()
+
+fig, axes_ = plt.subplots(nrows=nrows, ncols=ncols)
+axes = list(chain(*axes_))
+
+for i in range(n):
+    title = axes[i].set_title(names[i])
+    title.set_size('xx-small')
+    axes[i].set_axis_bgcolor(colors[i]) 
+    axes[i].spines['right'].set_visible(False)
+    axes[i].spines['top'].set_visible(False)
+    axes[i].spines['bottom'].set_visible(False)
+    axes[i].spines['left'].set_visible(False)
+    axes[i].set_xticks([])
+    axes[i].set_yticks([])
+
+#     axes[i].set_label(names[i])
+
+# for axes in list(chain(*axes_)):
+#     axes.set_axis_off()
+
+# print nrows, ncols, fig, axes
+plt.show()