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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"wrong hatch color in legend","articleBody":"Follow-up of #8076.\r\n\r\n### Bug report\r\n\r\n**Bug summary**\r\n\r\n- the hatch color in the legend doesn't match the color in the figure\r\n\r\n**Code for reproduction**\r\n\r\n- A minimum code snippet required to reproduce the bug, also minimizing the number of dependencies required\r\n\r\n```python\r\nimport matplotlib.pyplot as plt\r\nfrom matplotlib.path import Path\r\nimport matplotlib.patches as patches\r\n\r\nverts = [\r\n    (0., 0.), # left, bottom\r\n    (0., 1.), # left, top\r\n    (1., 1.), # right, top\r\n    (1., 0.), # right, bottom\r\n    (0., 0.), # ignored\r\n    ]\r\n\r\ncodes = [Path.MOVETO,\r\n         Path.LINETO,\r\n         Path.LINETO,\r\n         Path.LINETO,\r\n         Path.CLOSEPOLY,\r\n         ]\r\n\r\npath = Path(verts, codes)\r\n\r\nfig = plt.figure()\r\nax = fig.add_subplot(111)\r\npatch = patches.PathPatch(path, color='green', fill=False, hatch='xx', lw=2, label='foo')\r\nax.add_patch(patch)\r\nax.set_xlim(-.5,1.5)\r\nax.set_ylim(-.5,1.5)\r\nax.legend(handlelength=10, handleheight=10)\r\nplt.show()\r\n```\r\n\r\n**Actual outcome**\r\n\r\n- The legend uses a black hatch color\r\n\r\n**Expected outcome**\r\n\r\n- The hatch color in the legend matches the hatch color in the figure.\r\n\r\n**Matplotlib version**\r\nCurrent v2.0.x branch (matplotlib-2.0.0+160.ge9ab1cf)\r\n\r\n- Matplotlib version, Python version and Platform (Windows, OSX, Linux ...)\r\nPython 2.7, Ubuntu 16.04\r\n- How did you install Matplotlib and Python (pip, anaconda, from source ...)\r\n``pip  install  git+https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib.git@v2.0.x#matplotlib``\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/bastibl","@type":"Person","name":"bastibl"},"datePublished":"2017-04-11T10:04:59.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":5},"url":"https://github.com/8463/matplotlib/issues/8463"}