diff --git a/galleries/examples/color/named_colors.py b/galleries/examples/color/named_colors.py
index c6cba68ab434..0181e0f06742 100644
--- a/galleries/examples/color/named_colors.py
+++ b/galleries/examples/color/named_colors.py
@@ -42,14 +42,14 @@ def plot_colortable(colors, *, ncols=4, sort_colors=True):
     n = len(names)
     nrows = math.ceil(n / ncols)
 
-    width = cell_width * 4 + 2 * margin
+    width = cell_width * ncols + 2 * margin
     height = cell_height * nrows + 2 * margin
     dpi = 72
 
     fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(width / dpi, height / dpi), dpi=dpi)
     fig.subplots_adjust(margin/width, margin/height,
                         (width-margin)/width, (height-margin)/height)
-    ax.set_xlim(0, cell_width * 4)
+    ax.set_xlim(0, cell_width * ncols)
     ax.set_ylim(cell_height * (nrows-0.5), -cell_height/2.)
     ax.yaxis.set_visible(False)
     ax.xaxis.set_visible(False)