matplotlib · timhoffm · Aug 19, 2020 · Jul 12, 2020 · Jul 12, 2020 · Jul 12, 2020
diff --git a/doc/users/next_whats_new/colormap_get_under_over_bad.rst b/doc/users/next_whats_new/colormap_get_under_over_bad.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Get under/over/bad colors of Colormap objects
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+`matplotlib.colors.Colormap` now has methods
+`~.colors.Colormap.get_under`, `~.colors.Colormap.get_over`,
+`~.colors.Colormap.get_bad` for the colors used for out-of-range and masked
+values.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/colors.py b/lib/matplotlib/colors.py
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ def __delitem__(self, key):
 _colors_full_map.update(BASE_COLORS)
 _colors_full_map = _ColorMapping(_colors_full_map)
 
+_REPR_PNG_SIZE = (512, 64)
+
 
 def get_named_colors_mapping():
     """Return the global mapping of names to named colors."""
@@ -614,26 +616,40 @@ def __copy__(self):
         cmapobject._global = False
         return cmapobject
 
+    def get_bad(self):
+        """Get the color for masked values."""
+        if not self._isinit:
+            self._init()
+        return self._lut[self._i_bad]
+
     def set_bad(self, color='k', alpha=None):
         """Set the color for masked values."""
         _warn_if_global_cmap_modified(self)
         self._rgba_bad = to_rgba(color, alpha)
         if self._isinit:
             self._set_extremes()
 
+    def get_under(self):
+        """Get the color for low out-of-range values."""
+        if not self._isinit:
+            self._init()
+        return self._lut[self._i_under]
+
     def set_under(self, color='k', alpha=None):
-        """
-        Set the color for low out-of-range values when ``norm.clip = False``.
-        """
+        """Set the color for low out-of-range values."""
         _warn_if_global_cmap_modified(self)
         self._rgba_under = to_rgba(color, alpha)
         if self._isinit:
             self._set_extremes()
 
+    def get_over(self):
+        """Get the color for high out-of-range values."""
+        if not self._isinit:
+            self._init()
+        return self._lut[self._i_over]
+
     def set_over(self, color='k', alpha=None):
-        """
-        Set the color for high out-of-range values when ``norm.clip = False``.
-        """
+        """Set the color for high out-of-range values."""
         _warn_if_global_cmap_modified(self)
         self._rgba_over = to_rgba(color, alpha)
         if self._isinit:
@@ -655,6 +671,7 @@ def _init(self):
         raise NotImplementedError("Abstract class only")
 
     def is_gray(self):
+        """Return whether the color map is grayscale."""
         if not self._isinit:
             self._init()
         return (np.all(self._lut[:, 0] == self._lut[:, 1]) and
@@ -685,8 +702,8 @@ def reversed(self, name=None):
 
     def _repr_png_(self):
         """Generate a PNG representation of the Colormap."""
-        IMAGE_SIZE = (400, 50)
-        X = np.tile(np.linspace(0, 1, IMAGE_SIZE[0]), (IMAGE_SIZE[1], 1))
+        X = np.tile(np.linspace(0, 1, _REPR_PNG_SIZE[0]),
+                    (_REPR_PNG_SIZE[1], 1))
         pixels = self(X, bytes=True)
         png_bytes = io.BytesIO()
         title = self.name + ' color map'
@@ -703,12 +720,36 @@ def _repr_html_(self):
         """Generate an HTML representation of the Colormap."""
         png_bytes = self._repr_png_()
         png_base64 = base64.b64encode(png_bytes).decode('ascii')
-        return ('<strong>' + self.name + '</strong>' +
-                '<img ' +
-                'alt="' + self.name + ' color map" ' +
-                'title="' + self.name + '"' +
-                'style="border: 1px solid #555;" ' +
-                'src="data:image/png;base64,' + png_base64 + '">')
+        def color_block(color):
+            hex_color = to_hex(color, keep_alpha=True)
+            return (f'<div title="{hex_color}" '
+                    'style="display: inline-block; '
+                    'width: 1em; height: 1em; '
+                    'margin: 0; '
+                    'vertical-align: middle; '
+                    'border: 1px solid #555; '
+                    f'background-color: {hex_color};"></div>')
+
+        return ('<div style="vertical-align: middle;">'
+                f'<strong>{self.name}</strong> '
+                '</div>'
+                '<div class="cmap"><img '
+                f'alt="{self.name} color map" '
+                f'title="{self.name}" '
+                'style="border: 1px solid #555;" '
+                f'src="data:image/png;base64,{png_base64}"></div>'
+                '<div style="vertical-align: middle; '
+                f'max-width: {_REPR_PNG_SIZE[0]+2}px; '
+                'display: flex; justify-content: space-between;">'
+                '<div style="float: left;">'
+                f'{color_block(self.get_under())} under'
+                '</div>'
+                '<div style="margin: 0 auto; display: inline-block;">'
+                f'bad {color_block(self.get_bad())}'
+                '</div>'
+                '<div style="float: right;">'
+                f'over {color_block(self.get_over())}'
+                '</div>')
 
 
 class LinearSegmentedColormap(Colormap):

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_colors.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_colors.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import numpy as np
 from PIL import Image
 import pytest
+import base64
 
 from numpy.testing import assert_array_equal, assert_array_almost_equal
 
@@ -303,6 +304,9 @@ def test_BoundaryNorm():
     cmref.set_under('white')
     cmshould = mcolors.ListedColormap(['white', 'blue', 'red', 'black'])
 
+    assert mcolors.same_color(cmref.get_over(), 'black')
+    assert mcolors.same_color(cmref.get_under(), 'white')
+
     refnorm = mcolors.BoundaryNorm(bounds, cmref.N)
     mynorm = mcolors.BoundaryNorm(bounds, cmshould.N, extend='both')
     assert mynorm.vmin == refnorm.vmin
@@ -323,6 +327,8 @@ def test_BoundaryNorm():
     cmref.set_under('white')
     cmshould = mcolors.ListedColormap(['white', 'blue', 'red'])
 
+    assert mcolors.same_color(cmref.get_under(), 'white')
+
     assert cmref.N == 2
     assert cmshould.N == 3
     refnorm = mcolors.BoundaryNorm(bounds, cmref.N)
@@ -339,6 +345,8 @@ def test_BoundaryNorm():
     cmref.set_over('black')
     cmshould = mcolors.ListedColormap(['blue', 'red', 'black'])
 
+    assert mcolors.same_color(cmref.get_over(), 'black')
+
     assert cmref.N == 2
     assert cmshould.N == 3
     refnorm = mcolors.BoundaryNorm(bounds, cmref.N)
@@ -1160,4 +1168,15 @@ def test_repr_html():
     cmap = plt.get_cmap('viridis')
     html = cmap._repr_html_()
     assert len(html) > 0
+    png = cmap._repr_png_()
+    assert base64.b64encode(png).decode('ascii') in html
     assert cmap.name in html
+    assert html.startswith('<div')
+    assert html.endswith('</div>')
+
+
+def test_get_under_over_bad():
+    cmap = plt.get_cmap('viridis')
+    assert_array_equal(cmap.get_under(), cmap(-np.inf))
+    assert_array_equal(cmap.get_over(), cmap(np.inf))
+    assert_array_equal(cmap.get_bad(), cmap(np.nan))