Change matplotlib.bar Order in python 2.7 [duplicate]

Answer 1

Use values 0,1,2,3,4,... as x and assign colors with tick_label=

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

colors = ['white', 'orange', 'green', 'purple']
rates = ['5','5','4','3']

plt.bar(range(len(colors)), rates, tick_label=colors)

plt.show()