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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"[New Feature] Insert color fill parameter to Boxplot instead of using 'patch_artist'","articleBody":"\u003c!--To help us understand and resolve your issue, please fill out the form to the best of your ability.--\u003e\r\n\u003c!--You can feel free to delete the sections that do not apply.--\u003e\r\n\r\n### Feature Request\r\n\r\nI'm new to matplotlib and I don't know if there is a specific reason for the boxplot fill coloring to be the way it is. I only wonder if it could be done in a more straight forward manner than what is shown in [here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20289091/python-matplotlib-filled-boxplots).\r\n\r\nThe idea for this \"new feature\" would be to use a `color` parameter that recieves either a list of supported colors or a single color (e.g. `color = 'red'`) that specifies the colors to be applied to each one of the boxplots in the ax.\r\n\r\n**How it is currently done**\r\n\r\n```python\r\nimport matplotlib.pyplot as plt\r\nimport numpy as np\r\n\r\ndata = [np.random.normal(0, std, 1000) for std in range(1, 6)]\r\n\r\nbox = plt.boxplot(data, notch=True, patch_artist=True)\r\n\r\ncolors = ['cyan', 'lightblue', 'lightgreen', 'tan', 'pink']\r\nfor patch, color in zip(box['boxes'], colors):\r\n    patch.set_facecolor(color)\r\n\r\nplt.show()\r\n```\r\n\r\n**The idea for this 'New Feature'**\r\n\r\n\u003c!--The output produced by the above code, which may be a screenshot, console output, etc.--\u003e\r\n\r\n```python\r\nimport matplotlib.pyplot as plt\r\nimport numpy as np\r\n\r\ndata = [np.random.normal(0, std, 1000) for std in range(1, 6)]\r\n\r\ncolors = ['cyan', 'lightblue', 'lightgreen', 'tan', 'pink']\r\n\r\n# or maybe 'c = colors', 'face_colors = colors'...\r\nplt.boxplot(data, notch=True, colors = colors)\r\n\r\nplt.show()\r\n```\r\n\r\nAny thoughts on this idea?\r\n\r\n**Matplotlib version**\r\n\u003c!--Please specify your platform and versions of the relevant libraries you are using:--\u003e\r\n  * Operating system: Windows 10 2004\r\n  * Matplotlib version: 3.2.2\r\n  * Matplotlib backend (`print(matplotlib.get_backend())`): TkAgg\r\n  * Python version: 3.7.7\r\n  * Jupyter version (if applicable): 2.1.5\r\n  * Other libraries: \r\n\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/lfenzo","@type":"Person","name":"lfenzo"},"datePublished":"2020-07-18T12:45:24.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":5},"url":"https://github.com/17959/matplotlib/issues/17959"}