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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"scatter - set_facecolors is not working on Axes3D","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### Bug report\r\n\r\n**Bug summary**\r\n\r\nTrying to replicate this code: https://matplotlib.org/examples/animation/rain.html , but in Axes3D does not work, it seems that it is not possible to change the facecolors of the scatter while axes is 3D (it does work in 2d)\r\n\r\n**Code for reproduction**\r\n\r\n\u003c!--A minimum code snippet required to reproduce the bug, also minimizing the number of dependencies required--\u003e\r\n\r\n```python\r\nimport numpy as np\r\nimport matplotlib.pyplot as plt\r\nimport matplotlib\r\nimport matplotlib.cm as cmx\r\nfrom mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D\r\nplt.figure()\r\njet = cm = plt.get_cmap('jet')\r\ncNorm  = matplotlib.colors.Normalize(vmin=1, vmax=10)\r\nscalarMap = cmx.ScalarMappable(norm=cNorm, cmap=jet)\r\n\r\ncells = 10\r\nax = plt.subplot(1,1,1, projection='3d')\r\npos = np.random.uniform(0, 1, (10, 3))\r\n\r\nscat = ax.scatter(pos[:,0],pos[:,1],pos[:,2],\r\n                edgecolors=None,\r\n                  facecolors= [scalarMap.to_rgba(1) for cond in range(10)])\r\n\r\nscat.set_facecolors([scalarMap.to_rgba(10) for cond in range(10)])\r\nplt.show()\r\n##the dots should be red, but they are blue\r\n\r\n```\r\n\r\n\r\n\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: MacOs\r\n  * Matplotlib version: 2.1.0\r\n  * Matplotlib backend (`print(matplotlib.get_backend())`): MacOSX\r\n  * Python version: 2.7.14\r\n  * Jupyter version (if applicable):\r\n  * Other libraries: \r\n\r\n\u003c!--Please tell us how you installed matplotlib and python e.g., from source, pip, conda--\u003e\r\n\u003c!--If you installed from conda, please specify which channel you used if not the default--\u003e\r\n\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/orena1","@type":"Person","name":"orena1"},"datePublished":"2017-11-09T06:46:56.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":6},"url":"https://github.com/9725/matplotlib/issues/9725"}