# Okabe-Ito accessible color sequence

Matplotlib now includes the [Okabe-Ito color
sequence](https://jfly.uni-koeln.de/color/#pallet). Its colors remain
distinguishable for common forms of color-vision deficiency and when
printed.

For example, to set it as the default colormap for your plots and
image-like artists, use:

``` python
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from cycler import cycler

plt.rcParams['axes.prop_cycle'] = cycler('color', plt.colormaps['okabe_ito'].colors)
plt.rcParams['image.cmap'] = 'okabe_ito'
```

Or, when creating plots, you can pass it explicitly:

::: plot
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

colors = plt.colormaps\[\'okabe_ito\'\].colors x = range(5) for i, c in
enumerate(colors): plt.plot(x, \[v\*(i+1) for v in x\], color=c,
label=f\'line {i}\') plt.legend() plt.show()
:::