From 3bfd3b578e9a552514110047fe279ec32f59ae08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Hoffmann <2836374+timhoffm@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2019 19:45:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Ticks should not be influenced by
 rcParams["lines.markeredgecolor"]

---
 doc/api/next_api_changes/2019-06-16-TH.rst |  7 +++++++
 lib/matplotlib/axis.py                     | 13 ++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 doc/api/next_api_changes/2019-06-16-TH.rst

diff --git a/doc/api/next_api_changes/2019-06-16-TH.rst b/doc/api/next_api_changes/2019-06-16-TH.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2ed6739bf56b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/api/next_api_changes/2019-06-16-TH.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Tick line colors are no longer influenced by rcParams["lines.markeredgecolor"]
+``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
+
+Tick line colors are no longer influenced by :rc:`lines.markeredgecolor`.
+You may use :rc:`xtick.color` / :rc:`ytick.color` to color tick lines and
+labels simultaneously. If you just want to only the tick lines, do so
+programmatically.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axis.py b/lib/matplotlib/axis.py
index a2b487da785a..5dd4fb42465e 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/axis.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/axis.py
@@ -459,10 +459,14 @@ def _get_text2(self):
     def _get_tick1line(self):
         'Get the default line2D instance'
         # x in data coords, y in axes coords
-        l = mlines.Line2D(xdata=(0,), ydata=(0,), color=self._color,
-                          linestyle='None', marker=self._tickmarkers[0],
+        l = mlines.Line2D(xdata=(0,), ydata=(0,),
+                          color=self._color,
+                          linestyle='None',
+                          marker=self._tickmarkers[0],
                           markersize=self._size,
-                          markeredgewidth=self._width, zorder=self._zorder)
+                          markeredgecolor=self._color,
+                          markeredgewidth=self._width,
+                          zorder=self._zorder)
         l.set_transform(self.axes.get_xaxis_transform(which='tick1'))
         self._set_artist_props(l)
         return l
@@ -475,6 +479,7 @@ def _get_tick2line(self):
                           linestyle='None',
                           marker=self._tickmarkers[1],
                           markersize=self._size,
+                          markeredgecolor=self._color,
                           markeredgewidth=self._width,
                           zorder=self._zorder)
 
@@ -580,6 +585,7 @@ def _get_tick1line(self):
                           marker=self._tickmarkers[0],
                           linestyle='None',
                           markersize=self._size,
+                          markeredgecolor=self._color,
                           markeredgewidth=self._width,
                           zorder=self._zorder)
         l.set_transform(self.axes.get_yaxis_transform(which='tick1'))
@@ -594,6 +600,7 @@ def _get_tick2line(self):
                           marker=self._tickmarkers[1],
                           linestyle='None',
                           markersize=self._size,
+                          markeredgecolor=self._color,
                           markeredgewidth=self._width,
                           zorder=self._zorder)
         l.set_transform(self.axes.get_yaxis_transform(which='tick2'))