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"""
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Box plots with custom fill colors
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To color each box of a box plot individually:
1) use the keyword argument ``patch_artist=True`` to create filled boxes.
2) loop through the created boxes and adapt their color.
"""
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
np.random.seed(19680801)
fruit_weights = [
np.random.normal(130, 10, size=100),
np.random.normal(125, 20, size=100),
np.random.normal(120, 30, size=100),
]
labels = ['peaches', 'oranges', 'tomatoes']
colors = ['peachpuff', 'orange', 'tomato']
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
ax.set_ylabel('fruit weight (g)')
bplot = ax.boxplot(fruit_weights,
patch_artist=True, # fill with color
tick_labels=labels) # will be used to label x-ticks
# fill with colors
for patch, color in zip(bplot['boxes'], colors):
patch.set_facecolor(color)
plt.show()
# %%
#
# .. tags:: styling: color, domain: statistics, plot-type: boxplot
#
# .. admonition:: References
#
# The use of the following functions, methods, classes and modules is shown
# in this example:
#
# - `matplotlib.axes.Axes.boxplot` / `matplotlib.pyplot.boxplot`
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