Matplotlib: Changing the color of an axis

Question

Is there a way to change the color of an axis (not the ticks) in matplotlib? I have been looking through the docs for Axes, Axis, and Artist, but no luck; the matplotlib gal

Answer 1

You can do it by adjusting the default rc settings.

import matplotlib
from matplotlib import pyplot as plt

matplotlib.rc('axes',edgecolor='r')
plt.plot([0, 1], [0, 1])
plt.savefig('test.png')