Alpha: transparencyΒΆ

This example demonstrates using alpha for transparency.

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import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
size = 256,16
dpi = 72.0
figsize= size[0] / float(dpi), size[1] / float(dpi)
fig = plt.figure(figsize=figsize, dpi=dpi)
fig.patch.set_alpha(0)
plt.axes([0, 0.1, 1, .8], frameon=False)
for i in range(1, 11):
plt.axvline(i, linewidth=1, color='blue', alpha= .25 + .75 * i / 10.)
plt.xlim(0, 11)
plt.xticks(())
plt.yticks(())
plt.show()

Total running time of the script: ( 0 minutes 0.066 seconds)

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