diff --git a/LICENSE/Solarized.txt b/LICENSE/Solarized.txt
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+++ b/LICENSE/Solarized.txt
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+https://github.com/altercation/solarized/blob/master/LICENSE
+Copyright (c) 2011 Ethan Schoonover
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/examples/style_sheets/plot_solarizedlight2.py b/examples/style_sheets/plot_solarizedlight2.py
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+"""
+==========================
+Solarized Light stylesheet
+==========================
+
+This shows an example of "Solarized_Light" styling, which
+tries to replicate the styles of:
+
+ - `<http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized>`__
+ - `<https://github.com/jrnold/ggthemes>`__
+ - `<http://pygal.org/en/stable/documentation/builtin_styles.html#light-solarized>`__
+
+and work of:
+
+ - `<https://github.com/tonysyu/mpltools>`__
+
+using all 8 accents of the color palette - starting with blue
+
+ToDo:
+    - Create alpha values for bar and stacked charts. .33 or .5
+    - Apply Layout Rules
+"""
+from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
+import numpy as np
+x = np.linspace(0, 10)
+with plt.style.context('Solarize_Light2'):
+    plt.plot(x, np.sin(x) + x + np.random.randn(50))
+    plt.plot(x, np.sin(x) + 2 * x + np.random.randn(50))
+    plt.plot(x, np.sin(x) + 3 * x + np.random.randn(50))
+    plt.plot(x, np.sin(x) + 4 + np.random.randn(50))
+    plt.plot(x, np.sin(x) + 5 * x + np.random.randn(50))
+    plt.plot(x, np.sin(x) + 6 * x + np.random.randn(50))
+    plt.plot(x, np.sin(x) + 7 * x + np.random.randn(50))
+    plt.plot(x, np.sin(x) + 8 * x + np.random.randn(50))
+    # Number of accent colors in the color scheme
+    plt.title('8 Random Lines - Line')
+    plt.xlabel('x label', fontsize=14)
+    plt.ylabel('y label', fontsize=14)
+
+plt.show()
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/stylelib/Solarize_Light2.mplstyle b/lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/stylelib/Solarize_Light2.mplstyle
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+# Solarized color palette taken from http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized
+# Inspired by, and copied from ggthemes https://github.com/jrnold/ggthemes
+
+#TODO:
+#    1. Padding to title from face
+#    2. Remove top & right ticks
+#    3. Give Title a Magenta Color(?)
+
+#base00     ='#657b83'
+#base01     ='#93a1a1'
+#base2      ='#eee8d5'
+#base3      ='#fdf6e3'
+#base01     ='#586e75'
+#Magenta    ='#d33682'
+#Blue       ='#268bd2'
+#cyan       ='#2aa198'
+#violet     ='#6c71c4'
+#green      ='#859900'
+#orange     ='#cb4b16'
+
+figure.facecolor    : FDF6E3
+
+patch.antialiased   : True
+
+lines.linewidth     : 2.0
+lines.solid_capstyle: butt
+
+axes.titlesize      : 16
+axes.labelsize      : 12
+axes.labelcolor     : 657b83
+axes.facecolor      : eee8d5
+axes.edgecolor      : eee8d5
+axes.axisbelow      : True
+axes.prop_cycle    : cycler('color', ['268BD2', '2AA198', '859900', 'B58900', 'CB4B16', 'DC322F', 'D33682', '6C71C4'])
+# Blue
+# Cyan
+# Green
+# Yellow
+# Orange
+# Red
+# Magenta
+# Violet
+axes.grid           : True
+grid.color          : fdf6e3    # grid color
+grid.linestyle      : -         # line
+grid.linewidth      : 1         # in points
+
+### TICKS
+xtick.color         : 657b83
+xtick.direction     : out
+
+ytick.color         : 657b83
+ytick.direction     : out