.. currentmodule:: matplotlib

.. autosummary::
   :toctree: _as_gen
   :template: autofunctions.rst

   pyplot

.. currentmodule:: matplotlib.pyplot

.. autofunction:: plotting

There are many colormaps you can use to map data onto color values. Below we list several ways in which color can be utilized in Matplotlib.

For a more in-depth look at colormaps, see the :doc:`/tutorials/colors/colormaps` tutorial.

.. currentmodule:: matplotlib.pyplot

.. autodata:: colormaps
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