diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.pyi b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.pyi
index 96ea087f7eb9..9602db3b950c 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.pyi
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.pyi
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ class Axes(_AxesBase):
         x: float | ArrayLike,
         y: float | ArrayLike,
         s: float | ArrayLike | None = ...,
-        c: Sequence[ColorType] | ColorType | None = ...,
+        c: ArrayLike | Sequence[ColorType] | ColorType | None = ...,
         marker: MarkerType | None = ...,
         cmap: str | Colormap | None = ...,
         norm: str | Normalize | None = ...,
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py b/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
index 74a73725d5d9..f48ca312e58e 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
@@ -3670,7 +3670,7 @@ def scatter(
     x: float | ArrayLike,
     y: float | ArrayLike,
     s: float | ArrayLike | None = None,
-    c: Sequence[ColorType] | ColorType | None = None,
+    c: ArrayLike | Sequence[ColorType] | ColorType | None = None,
     marker: MarkerType | None = None,
     cmap: str | Colormap | None = None,
     norm: str | Normalize | None = None,