fig, (ax1, ax2) = plt.subplots(ncols=2) x = [10, 30, 60] ax1.pie(x, hatch=['.', 'o', 'O']) ax2.pie(x, hatch='.O') ax1.set_title("hatch=['.', 'o', 'O']") ax2.set_title("hatch='.O'")