Merge pull request #30153 from emmanuel-ferdman/main

rcomer · web-flow · commit c44ae00ac0d3 · 2025-06-09T12:58:28.000+01:00
Throw exception when alpha is out of bounds
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/colors.py b/lib/matplotlib/colors.py
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ def with_alpha(self, alpha):
         if not isinstance(alpha, Real):
             raise TypeError(f"'alpha' must be numeric or None, not {type(alpha)}")
         if not 0 <= alpha <= 1:
-            ValueError("'alpha' must be between 0 and 1, inclusive")
+            raise ValueError("'alpha' must be between 0 and 1, inclusive")
         new_cm = self.copy()
         if not new_cm._isinit:
             new_cm._init()
