DEF: updated boxplot styles

phobson · phobson · commit 926c67b64d39 · 2015-12-14T10:54:31.000-08:00
Going for the Spinal Tap approach.

Q: How much blacker could the boxplots be?
A: A little, actually. I left some color in the
median line.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/rcsetup.py b/lib/matplotlib/rcsetup.py
@@ -860,34 +860,37 @@ def validate_hist_bins(s):
     'boxplot.showbox': [True, validate_bool],
     'boxplot.showfliers': [True, validate_bool],
     'boxplot.meanline': [False, validate_bool],
-
-    'boxplot.flierprops.color': ['b', validate_color],
-    'boxplot.flierprops.marker': ['+', six.text_type],
-    'boxplot.flierprops.markerfacecolor': ['auto', validate_color_or_auto],
+    'boxplot.flierprops.color': ['k', validate_color],
+    'boxplot.flierprops.marker': ['o', six.text_type],
+    'boxplot.flierprops.markerfacecolor': ['none', validate_color],
     'boxplot.flierprops.markeredgecolor': ['k', validate_color],
     'boxplot.flierprops.markersize': [6, validate_float],
     'boxplot.flierprops.linestyle': ['none', six.text_type],
     'boxplot.flierprops.linewidth': [1.0, validate_float],
 
-    'boxplot.boxprops.color': ['b', validate_color],
+    'boxplot.boxprops.color': ['k', validate_color],
     'boxplot.boxprops.linewidth': [1.0, validate_float],
     'boxplot.boxprops.linestyle': ['-', six.text_type],
 
-    'boxplot.whiskerprops.color': ['b', validate_color],
+    'boxplot.whiskerprops.color': ['k', validate_color],
     'boxplot.whiskerprops.linewidth': [1.0, validate_float],
-    'boxplot.whiskerprops.linestyle': ['--', six.text_type],
+    'boxplot.whiskerprops.linestyle': ['-', six.text_type],
 
     'boxplot.capprops.color': ['k', validate_color],
     'boxplot.capprops.linewidth': [1.0, validate_float],
     'boxplot.capprops.linestyle': ['-', six.text_type],
 
-    'boxplot.medianprops.color': ['r', validate_color],
+    'boxplot.medianprops.color': ['b', validate_color],
     'boxplot.medianprops.linewidth': [1.0, validate_float],
     'boxplot.medianprops.linestyle': ['-', six.text_type],
 
-    'boxplot.meanprops.color': ['r', validate_color],
+    'boxplot.meanprops.color': ['b', six.text_type],
+    'boxplot.meanprops.marker': ['^', six.text_type],
+    'boxplot.meanprops.markerfacecolor': ['b', validate_color],
+    'boxplot.meanprops.markeredgecolor': ['b', validate_color],
+    'boxplot.meanprops.markersize': [6, validate_float],
+    'boxplot.meanprops.linestyle': ['none', six.text_type],
     'boxplot.meanprops.linewidth': [1.0, validate_float],
-    'boxplot.meanprops.linestyle': ['-', six.text_type],
 
     ## font props
     'font.family':     [['sans-serif'], validate_stringlist],  # used by text object
