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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Bug Report: saved Figure ignores figure.facecolor","articleBody":"### Bug report\r\n\r\nWhen saving a figure, either via `plt.savefig()` or by clicking the disk icon on the figure display UI, the saved figure has no facecolor.  \r\n\r\n**Code for reproduction**\r\n```python\r\ndino@DINO:~/code/mplfinance$ ipython\r\nPython 3.7.4 (default, Aug 13 2019, 20:35:49)\r\nType 'copyright', 'credits' or 'license' for more information\r\nIPython 7.8.0 -- An enhanced Interactive Python. Type '?' for help.\r\n\r\nIn [1]: import matplotlib as mpl\r\n\r\nIn [2]: mpl.__version__\r\nOut[2]: '3.1.3'\r\n\r\nIn [3]: import matplotlib.pyplot as plt\r\n\r\nIn [4]: y = [2,4,3,7,1]\r\nIn [5]: x = [0,1,2,3,4]\r\n\r\nIn [6]: plt.rcParams['figure.facecolor'] = 'c'\r\n\r\nIn [7]: plt.plot(x,y)\r\nOut[7]: [\u003cmatplotlib.lines.Line2D at 0x7ff9eeb49090\u003e]\r\n\r\nIn [8]: plt.show()\r\n\r\nIn [9]: plt.rcParams['figure.facecolor'] = 'c'\r\nIn [10]: plt.plot(x,y)\r\nOut[10]: [\u003cmatplotlib.lines.Line2D at 0x7ff9d7890d10\u003e]\r\n\r\nIn [11]: plt.savefig('testsave.png')\r\n```\r\n---\r\n### Here is what the plot looks like upon `plt.show()`\r\n\r\n![matplotlib_fig1](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/11164790/82488455-e9c14a80-9aad-11ea-9199-b44ea2861663.jpg)\r\n\r\n---\r\n### Here is what the plot looks like when I click the disk icon on the above UI to save the plot:\r\n\r\n![matplotlib_fig1saved](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/11164790/82488457-ea59e100-9aad-11ea-98b9-2ff0e58fa43a.jpg)\r\n\r\n---\r\n### Here is what the plot looks like when I call `plt.savefig('testsave.png')`\r\n\r\n![matplotlib_testsave](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/11164790/82488458-ea59e100-9aad-11ea-89b8-d3930ac5b8af.jpg)\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/DanielGoldfarb","@type":"Person","name":"DanielGoldfarb"},"datePublished":"2020-05-20T19:27:34.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":4},"url":"https://github.com/17467/matplotlib/issues/17467"}