Color by Column Values in Matplotlib

Question

One of my favorite aspects of using the ggplot2 library in R is the ability to easily specify aesthetics. I can quickly make a scatterplot and apply color assoc

Answer 1

You can use the color parameter to the plot method to define the colors you want for each column. For example:

from pandas import DataFrame
data = DataFrame({'a':range(5),'b':range(1,6),'c':range(2,7)})
colors = ['yellowgreen','cyan','magenta']
data.plot(color=colors)

You can use color names or Color hex codes like '#000000' for black say. You can find all the defined color names in matplotlib's color.py file. Below is the link for the color.py file in matplotlib's github repo.

https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/blob/master/lib/matplotlib/colors.py