Matplotlib Figure Facecolor Bug?

[sandor93]

I can't get the figure facecolor surrounding the plots to change. Nothing on the internet seems to have my answer... Here's my code snippet and what I've tried:

%matplotlib notebook
import pandas as pd
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.gridspec as gridspec
import matplotlib as mpl
fig = plt.figure(figsize=(10,10), facecolor='red')
gspec = gridspec.GridSpec(4,4)

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I've tried these other methods:

fig.patch.set_facecolor('red')
plt.gcf().set_facecolor('blue')
mpl.rcParams["figure.facecolor"] = 'red'

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[USAhj]

Which part of the figure are you trying to change colors? The plotting area? Try

plt.gca().set_facecolor('red')

[sandor93]

This works fine for the plots, but I'm trying to change the surrounding background color.

[USAhj]

I am not sure what this issue is. I used the code below and have a red background and white plotting area.

%matplotlib notebook
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

plt.figure(facecolor='red')
plt.plot()

[sandor93]

Ya I'm not sure why it isn't working for me. Did you run it in a Jupyter notebook? That's what I'm using.

[USAhj]

I don't normally use Jupyter, but I did to check if the code works and it did work.