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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"[Doc]: Document color in a consistent way, including link","articleBody":"### Documentation Link\r\n\r\n_No response_\r\n\r\n### Problem\r\n\r\nMatplotlib has a rather flexible color concept, see https://matplotlib.org/stable/tutorials/colors/colors.html\r\n\r\nIn the documentation, the type of color arguments is often, but not always, listed as \"color\", although there are limited hints what this actually means.\r\n\r\n### Suggested improvement\r\n\r\nLink the type `color` to the page above (is there a better one?). Update other types (like `str`) to be `color`.\r\n\r\n```\r\n:doc:`color \u003c/tutorials/colors/colors\u003e`\r\n```\r\n\r\nThese are the ones I found through a simple grep.\r\n```\r\nmatplotlib/axes/_axes.py:        facecolor : color, default: 'none'\r\nmatplotlib/axes/_axes.py:        edgecolor : color, default: '0.5'\r\nmatplotlib/axes/_axes.py:        color : color or list of color, optional\r\nmatplotlib/axes/_axes.py:        edgecolor : color or list of color, optional\r\nmatplotlib/axes/_axes.py:        ecolor : color or list of color, default: 'black'\r\nmatplotlib/axes/_axes.py:        color : color or list of color, optional\r\nmatplotlib/axes/_axes.py:        edgecolor : color or list of color, optional\r\nmatplotlib/axes/_axes.py:        ecolor : color or list of color, default: 'black'\r\nmatplotlib/axes/_axes.py:        ecolor : color, default: None\r\nmatplotlib/axes/_axes.py:        pcolor : An alternative implementation with slightly different\r\nmatplotlib/axes/_axes.py:        color : color or array-like of colors or None, default: None\r\nmatplotlib/axes/_base.py:        color : color\r\nmatplotlib/axes/_base.py:        color : color\r\nmatplotlib/axes/_base.py:        labelcolor : color\r\nmatplotlib/axes/_base.py:        grid_color : color\r\nmatplotlib/axes/_secondary_axes.py:        color : color\r\nmatplotlib/backend_bases.py:        facecolor : color or 'auto', default: :rc:`savefig.facecolor`\r\nmatplotlib/backend_bases.py:        edgecolor : color or 'auto', default: :rc:`savefig.edgecolor`\r\nmatplotlib/collections.py:        color : color or list of colors, default: :rc:`lines.color`\r\nmatplotlib/figure.py:        color : color\r\nmatplotlib/figure.py:        color : color\r\nmatplotlib/figure.py:        facecolor : default: :rc:`figure.facecolor`\r\nmatplotlib/figure.py:        edgecolor : default: :rc:`figure.edgecolor`\r\nmatplotlib/figure.py:        facecolor : default: :rc:`figure.facecolor`\r\nmatplotlib/figure.py:        edgecolor : default: :rc:`figure.edgecolor`\r\nmatplotlib/figure.py:        facecolor : color or 'auto', default: :rc:`savefig.facecolor`\r\nmatplotlib/figure.py:        edgecolor : color or 'auto', default: :rc:`savefig.edgecolor`\r\nmatplotlib/legend.py:labelcolor : str or list, default: :rc:`legend.labelcolor`\r\nmatplotlib/legend.py:facecolor : \"inherit\" or color, default: :rc:`legend.facecolor`\r\nmatplotlib/legend.py:edgecolor : \"inherit\" or color, default: :rc:`legend.edgecolor`\r\nmatplotlib/lines.py:        color : color\r\nmatplotlib/lines.py:        gapcolor : color or None\r\nmatplotlib/mathtext.py:    color : str, optional\r\nmatplotlib/patches.py:        color : color or None\r\nmatplotlib/patches.py:        color : color or None\r\nmatplotlib/patheffects.py:        shadow_color : color, default: 'black'\r\nmatplotlib/pyplot.py:    facecolor : color, default: :rc:`figure.facecolor`\r\nmatplotlib/pyplot.py:    edgecolor : color, default: :rc:`figure.edgecolor`\r\nmatplotlib/quiver.py:color : color or color sequence, optional\r\nmatplotlib/quiver.py:        color : color\r\nmatplotlib/quiver.py:        labelcolor : color, default: :rc:`text.color`\r\nmatplotlib/quiver.py:barbcolor : color or color sequence\r\nmatplotlib/quiver.py:flagcolor : color or color sequence\r\nmatplotlib/streamplot.py:    color : color or 2D array\r\nmatplotlib/table.py:        edgecolor : color\r\nmatplotlib/table.py:        facecolor : color\r\nmatplotlib/text.py:        color : color\r\nmatplotlib/text.py:        color : color\r\nmatplotlib/widgets.py:        color : color\r\nmatplotlib/widgets.py:        hovercolor : color\r\nmatplotlib/widgets.py:        initcolor : color, default: 'r'\r\nmatplotlib/widgets.py:        track_color : color, default: 'lightgrey'\r\nmatplotlib/widgets.py:        track_color : color, default: 'lightgrey'\r\nmatplotlib/widgets.py:    color : color\r\nmatplotlib/widgets.py:    hovercolor : color\r\nmatplotlib/widgets.py:        color : color\r\nmatplotlib/widgets.py:        hovercolor : color\r\nmatplotlib/widgets.py:    activecolor : color\r\nmatplotlib/widgets.py:        activecolor : color\r\nmpl_toolkits/axes_grid1/anchored_artists.py:        color : str, default: 'black'\r\nmpl_toolkits/axes_grid1/anchored_artists.py:        color : str, default: 'white'\r\nmpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py:        color : color-like\r\nmpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py:        color : sequence of colors, optional\r\nmpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py:        ecolor : color, default: None\r\nmpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axis3d.py:        color : color\r\n```\r\n\r\n```\r\nmatplotlib/axes/_axes.py:        colors : list of colors, default: :rc:`lines.color`\r\nmatplotlib/axes/_axes.py:        colors : list of colors, default: :rc:`lines.color`\r\nmatplotlib/axes/_axes.py:        colors : color or list of colors, default: :rc:`lines.color`\r\nmatplotlib/axes/_axes.py:        colors : array-like, default: None\r\nmatplotlib/axes/_axes.py:        edgecolors : color or sequence of color or {'face', 'none'} or None\r\nmatplotlib/axes/_axes.py:        colors : array(N, 4) or None\r\nmatplotlib/axes/_axes.py:        edgecolors : {'face', 'none', *None*} or color or sequence of color, \\\r\nmatplotlib/axes/_axes.py:        edgecolors : {'face', 'none', *None*} or color, default: 'face'\r\nmatplotlib/axes/_axes.py:        edgecolors : {'none', None, 'face', color, color sequence}, optional\r\nmatplotlib/axes/_axes.py:        edgecolors : {'none', None, 'face', color, color sequence}, optional\r\nmatplotlib/axes/_base.py:        colors : color\r\nmatplotlib/backend_bases.py:        colors : (3, 4) array-like\r\nmatplotlib/backend_bases.py:        colors : (N, 3, 4) array-like\r\nmatplotlib/backends/backend_pdf.py:        colors : np.ndarray\r\nmatplotlib/collections.py:        edgecolors : color or list of colors, default: :rc:`patch.edgecolor`\r\nmatplotlib/collections.py:        facecolors : color or list of colors, default: :rc:`patch.facecolor`\r\nmatplotlib/collections.py:        colors : color or list of color, default: :rc:`lines.color`\r\nmatplotlib/collections.py:        facecolors : color or list of color, default: 'none'\r\nmatplotlib/colorbar.py:        colors : color or list of colors\r\nmatplotlib/colors.py:        colors : array-like of colors or array-like of (value, color)\r\nmatplotlib/colors.py:    colors : list, array\r\nmatplotlib/colors.py:    colors : sequence of colors\r\nmatplotlib/contour.py:        colors : color or colors or None, default: None\r\nmatplotlib/contour.py:colors : color string or sequence of colors, optional\r\nmatplotlib/stackplot.py:    colors : list of color, optional\r\nmatplotlib/tri/_tricontour.py:colors : color string or sequence of colors, optional\r\nmatplotlib/tri/_tripcolor.py:    facecolors : array-like, optional\r\nmpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py:        facecolors : array-like of colors.\r\nmpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py:        facecolors, edgecolors : array-like, optional\r\n```\r\n\r\n```\r\nmatplotlib/axes/_axes.py:        c : color or sequence or sequence of color or None\r\nmatplotlib/backend_bases.py:        fg : color\r\nmatplotlib/collections.py:        c : color or list of RGBA tuples\r\nmatplotlib/collections.py:        c : color or list of colors\r\nmatplotlib/collections.py:        c : color or list of colors or 'face'\r\nmatplotlib/collections.py:        c : color or list of colors\r\nmatplotlib/lines.py:        ec : color\r\nmatplotlib/lines.py:        fc : color\r\nmatplotlib/lines.py:        fc : color\r\nmatplotlib/patches.py:        c : color\r\nmatplotlib/patheffects.py:        shadow_rgbFace : color\r\nmatplotlib/spines.py:        c : color\r\nmpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py:        c : color, sequence, or sequence of colors, optional\r\n```","author":{"url":"https://github.com/oscargus","@type":"Person","name":"oscargus"},"datePublished":"2023-01-01T10:53:58.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":6},"url":"https://github.com/24859/matplotlib/issues/24859"}