Matplotlib figure facecolor (background color)

Question

Can someone please explain why the code below does not work when setting the facecolor of the figure?

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

# create figure instan         


        

Answer 1

savefig has its own parameter for facecolor. I think an even easier way than the accepted answer is to set them globally just once, instead of putting facecolor=fig.get_facecolor() every time:

plt.rcParams['axes.facecolor']='red'
plt.rcParams['savefig.facecolor']='red'