seaborn.axes_style¶

seaborn.axes_style(style=None, rc=None)¶

Return a parameter dict for the aesthetic style of the plots.

This affects things like the color of the axes, whether a grid is enabled by default, and other aesthetic elements.

This function returns an object that can be used in a with statement to temporarily change the style parameters.

Parameters:

Parameters:	style : dict, None, or one of {darkgrid, whitegrid, dark, white, ticks} A dictionary of parameters or the name of a preconfigured set. rc : dict, optional Parameter mappings to override the values in the preset seaborn style dictionaries. This only updates parameters that are considered part of the style definition.

style : dict, None, or one of {darkgrid, whitegrid, dark, white, ticks}

A dictionary of parameters or the name of a preconfigured set.

rc : dict, optional

Parameter mappings to override the values in the preset seaborn style dictionaries. This only updates parameters that are considered part of the style definition.

See also

set_style: set the matplotlib parameters for a seaborn theme
plotting_context: return a parameter dict to to scale plot elements
color_palette: define the color palette for a plot

Examples

>>> st = axes_style("whitegrid")

>>> set_style("ticks", {"xtick.major.size": 8, "ytick.major.size": 8})

>>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
>>> with axes_style("white"):
...     f, ax = plt.subplots()
...     ax.plot(x, y)               