""" ============================ Contourf and log color scale ============================ Demonstrate use of a log color scale in contourf """ import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np from numpy import ma from matplotlib import cm, ticker N = 100 x = np.linspace(-3.0, 3.0, N) y = np.linspace(-2.0, 2.0, N) X, Y = np.meshgrid(x, y) # A low hump with a spike coming out. # Needs to have z/colour axis on a log scale, so we see both hump and spike. # A linear scale only shows the spike. Z1 = np.exp(-X**2 - Y**2) Z2 = np.exp(-(X * 10)**2 - (Y * 10)**2) z = Z1 + 50 * Z2 # Put in some negative values (lower left corner) to cause trouble with logs: z[:5, :5] = -1 # The following is not strictly essential, but it will eliminate # a warning. Comment it out to see the warning. z = ma.masked_where(z <= 0, z) # Automatic selection of levels works; setting the # log locator tells contourf to use a log scale: fig, ax = plt.subplots() cs = ax.contourf(X, Y, z, locator=ticker.LogLocator(), cmap=cm.PuBu_r) # Alternatively, you can manually set the levels # and the norm: # lev_exp = np.arange(np.floor(np.log10(z.min())-1), # np.ceil(np.log10(z.max())+1)) # levs = np.power(10, lev_exp) # cs = ax.contourf(X, Y, z, levs, norm=colors.LogNorm()) cbar = fig.colorbar(cs) plt.show() # %% # # .. admonition:: References # # The use of the following functions, methods, classes and modules is shown # in this example: # # - `matplotlib.axes.Axes.contourf` / `matplotlib.pyplot.contourf` # - `matplotlib.figure.Figure.colorbar` / `matplotlib.pyplot.colorbar` # - `matplotlib.axes.Axes.legend` / `matplotlib.pyplot.legend` # - `matplotlib.ticker.LogLocator`