Make dict access safer

WeatherGod · WeatherGod · commit 707bf60aa949 · 2015-07-28T13:32:59.000-04:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ def _makefill(self, x, y, kw, kwargs):
         # Might be problematic with fallback names such as
         # 'facecolor' and such. Possibly fixed by traitlets?
         self._setdefaults(kw, kwargs)
-        facecolor = kw['color']
+        facecolor = kw.get('color', None)
         seg = mpatches.Polygon(np.hstack((x[:, np.newaxis],
                                           y[:, np.newaxis])),
                                facecolor=facecolor,
