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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"`patheffects.SimpleLineShadow` calling non-existent `get_foreground` method from GraphicsContextBase","articleBody":"## Summary\r\n\r\nSource documentation shares that if `shadow_color` is None, the rho value would be applied to the original color:\r\n\r\nhttps://matplotlib.org/stable/api/patheffects_api.html#matplotlib.patheffects.SimpleLineShadow\r\n\r\n## Expected Behaviour\r\n\r\nUsing `offset=(0, 0), shadow_color=None, rho=0.6`, was looking to explore if a guassian blue would take place to generate a wide, feathered line following the pattern of a gaussian distribution.\r\n\r\n## Resulting Behaviour\r\n\r\nCode fails with:\r\n\r\n```\r\n  File \"/project/path/.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/matplotlib/patheffects.py\", line 336, in draw_path\r\n    r, g, b = (gc0.get_foreground() or (1., 1., 1.))[:3]\r\n               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^\r\nAttributeError: 'GraphicsContextBase' object has no attribute 'get_foreground'. Did you mean: 'set_foreground'?\r\n```\r\n\r\nRelated line in repo: https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/blob/a254b687df97cda8c6affa37a1dfcf213f8e6c3a/lib/matplotlib/patheffects.py#L336","author":{"url":"https://github.com/wsidl","@type":"Person","name":"wsidl"},"datePublished":"2024-09-08T21:58:07.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":2},"url":"https://github.com/28793/matplotlib/issues/28793"}