How to set a different color to the largest bar in a seaborn barplot?

Question

I\'m trying to create a barplot where all bars smaller than the largest are some bland color and the largest bar is a more vibrant color. A good example is darkhorse analyti

Answer 1

How I do this:

import seaborn as sns
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np

bar = sns.histplot(data=data, x='Q1',color='#42b7bd')
# you can search color picker in google, and get hex values of you fav color

patch_h = []    
for patch in bar.patches:
    reading = patch.get_height()
    patch_h.append(reading)
# patch_h contains the heights of all the patches now

idx_tallest = np.argmax(patch_h)   
# np.argmax return the index of largest value of the list

bar.patches[idx_tallest].set_facecolor('#a834a8')  

#this will do the trick.

I like this over setting the color prior or post by reading the max value. We don't have to worry about the number of patches or what is the highest value. Refer matplotlib.patches.Patch ps: I have customized the plots given here a little more. The above-given code will not produce the same result.