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''' Make a colorbar as a separate figure. ''' from matplotlib import pyplot import matplotlib as mpl # Make a figure and axes with dimensions as desired. fig = pyplot.figure(figsize=(8,3)) ax1 = fig.add_axes([0.05, 0.80, 0.9, 0.15]) ax2 = fig.add_axes([0.05, 0.475, 0.9, 0.15]) ax3 = fig.add_axes([0.05, 0.15, 0.9, 0.15]) # Set the colormap and norm to correspond to the data for which # the colorbar will be used. cmap = mpl.cm.cool norm = mpl.colors.Normalize(vmin=5, vmax=10) # ColorbarBase derives from ScalarMappable and puts a colorbar # in a specified axes, so it has everything needed for a # standalone colorbar. There are many more kwargs, but the # following gives a basic continuous colorbar with ticks # and labels. cb1 = mpl.colorbar.ColorbarBase(ax1, cmap=cmap, norm=norm, orientation='horizontal') cb1.set_label('Some Units') # The second example illustrates the use of a ListedColormap, a # BoundaryNorm, and extended ends to show the "over" and "under" # value colors. cmap = mpl.colors.ListedColormap(['r', 'g', 'b', 'c']) cmap.set_over('0.25') cmap.set_under('0.75') # If a ListedColormap is used, the length of the bounds array must be # one greater than the length of the color list. The bounds must be

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# monotonically increasing. bounds = [1, 2, 4, 7, 8] norm = mpl.colors.BoundaryNorm(bounds, cmap.N) cb2 = mpl.colorbar.ColorbarBase(ax2, cmap=cmap, norm=norm, # to use 'extend', you must # specify two extra boundaries: boundaries=[0]+bounds+[13], extend='both', ticks=bounds, # optional spacing='proportional', orientation='horizontal') cb2.set_label('Discrete intervals, some other units') # The third example illustrates the use of custom length colorbar # extensions, used on a colorbar with discrete intervals. cmap = mpl.colors.ListedColormap([[0., .4, 1.], [0., .8, 1.], [1., .8, 0.], [1., .4, 0.]]) cmap.set_over((1., 0., 0.)) cmap.set_under((0., 0., 1.)) bounds = [1., .5, 0., .5, 1.] norm = mpl.colors.BoundaryNorm(bounds, cmap.N) cb3 = mpl.colorbar.ColorbarBase(ax3, cmap=cmap, norm=norm, boundaries=[10]+bounds+[10], extend='both', # Make the length of each extension # the same as the length of the # interior colors: extendfrac='auto', ticks=bounds, spacing='uniform', orientation='horizontal') cb3.set_label('Custom extension lengths, some other units') pyplot.show()

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