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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Figure background colors","articleBody":"I find the current handling of background colors very non-intuitive:\r\n1. figure `facecolor` is not applied for `savefig()` by default\r\n2. figure `facecolor` is not applied setting `frameon=False`\r\n3. `axis_bgcolor` is not applied when hiding axis lines/ticks via `axis('off')`\r\n\r\nSo using a white plain surface to draw objects needs the following code:\r\n\r\n    fig = figure(..., facecolor='w', edgecolor='None')\r\n    ax.axis('equal')        # equal scale\r\n    ax.axis('off')          # do not show axis\r\n    ax.axis([-1, 1, -1, 1]) # scale to unit lengths\r\n    show()\r\n    fig.savefig(..., facecolor=fig.get_facecolor(), edgecolor='None', transparent=True)\r\n\r\nMy suggestion\r\n- apply same colors to `savefig()` by default\r\n- mention in the docs of `axis_bgcolor` and `axis('off')` that this setting is ignored\r\n- mention in the docs of `facecolor` and `frameon` that this setting is ignored","author":{"url":"https://github.com/darkdragon-001","@type":"Person","name":"darkdragon-001"},"datePublished":"2016-12-12T12:59:10.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":2},"url":"https://github.com/7619/matplotlib/issues/7619"}