Set Theme - Seaborn — ContextQMD

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import seaborn as sns
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

By default, seaborn plots will be made with the current values of the matplotlib rcParams:

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sns.barplot(x=["A", "B", "C"], y=[1, 3, 2])

Calling this function with no arguments will activate seaborn's "default" theme:

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sns.set_theme()
sns.barplot(x=["A", "B", "C"], y=[1, 3, 2])

Note that this will take effect for all matplotlib plots, including those not made using seaborn:

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plt.bar(["A", "B", "C"], [1, 3, 2])

The seaborn theme is decomposed into several distinct sets of parameters that you can control independently:

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sns.set_theme(style="whitegrid", palette="pastel")
sns.barplot(x=["A", "B", "C"], y=[1, 3, 2])

Pass None to preserve the current values for a given set of parameters:

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sns.set_theme(style="white", palette=None)
sns.barplot(x=["A", "B", "C"], y=[1, 3, 2])

You can also override any seaborn parameters or define additional parameters that are part of the matplotlib rc system but not included in the seaborn themes:

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custom_params = {"axes.spines.right": False, "axes.spines.top": False}
sns.set_theme(style="ticks", rc=custom_params)
sns.barplot(x=["A", "B", "C"], y=[1, 3, 2])