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+"""
+Visualization of named colors.
+
+Simple plot example with the named colors and its visual representation.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function,
+                        unicode_literals)
+
+import six
+
+import numpy as np
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+from matplotlib import colors
+
+
+colors_ = list(six.iteritems(colors.cnames))
+
+# Add the single letter colors.
+for name, rgb in six.iteritems(colors.ColorConverter.colors):
+    hex_ = colors.rgb2hex(rgb)
+    colors_.append((name, hex_))
+
+# Transform to hex color values.
+hex_ = [color[1] for color in colors_]
+# Get the rgb equivalent.
+rgb = [colors.hex2color(color) for color in hex_]
+# Get the hsv equivalent.
+hsv = [colors.rgb_to_hsv(color) for color in rgb]
+
+# Split the hsv values to sort.
+hue = [color[0] for color in hsv]
+sat = [color[1] for color in hsv]
+val = [color[2] for color in hsv]
+
+# Sort by hue, saturation and value.
+ind = np.lexsort((val, sat, hue))
+sorted_colors = [colors_[i] for i in ind]
+
+n = len(sorted_colors)
+ncols = 3
+nrows = int(np.ceil(1. * n / ncols))
+
+fig = plt.figure(figsize=(ncols*5, nrows*4))
+for i, (name, color) in enumerate(sorted_colors):
+    ax = fig.add_subplot(nrows, ncols, i + 1)
+    ax.text(0.55, 0.5, name, fontsize=12,
+            horizontalalignment='left',
+            verticalalignment='center')
+
+    # Add extra black line a little bit thicker to make
+    # clear colors more visible.
+    ax.hlines(0.5, 0, 0.5, color='black', linewidth=10)
+    ax.hlines(0.5, 0, 0.5, color=color, linewidth=8)
+    ax.set_xlim(0, 1)
+    ax.set_ylim(0, 1)
+    ax.set_axis_off()
+
+fig.subplots_adjust(left=0.01, right=0.99,
+                    top=0.99, bottom=0.01,
+                    hspace=1, wspace=0.1)
+plt.show()