Merge pull request #11834 from meeseeksmachine/auto-backport-of-pr-11824-on-v2.2.x

tacaswell · web-flow · commit 0eb446f862e7 · 2018-08-09T15:56:01.000-04:00
Backport PR #11824 on branch v2.2.x
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
@@ -1162,6 +1162,7 @@ def set_facecolor(self, color):
         color : color
         """
         self._facecolor = color
+        self.stale = True
         return self.patch.set_facecolor(color)
     set_fc = set_facecolor
 
