matplotlib: change line color of error bar component in boxplot

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I found this related, older question. Sadly. the error_kw does not exist anymore (using matplotlib version 1.5.0). The capprops dictionary indeed only works on the cap.

I would like to change the line that extends from the box to the cap. Default is dashed blue, as seen below. I tried all the documented format dicts, but none of them is responsible for this line.

xnx · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-24 11:35:56Z

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These are the "whiskers" and are returned by boxplot. Iterate over them and set the style accordingly:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np

# fake up some data
spread = np.random.rand(50) * 100
center = np.ones(25) * 50
flier_high = np.random.rand(10) * 100 + 100
flier_low = np.random.rand(10) * -100
data = np.concatenate((spread, center, flier_high, flier_low), 0)

plt.figure()
bp = plt.boxplot(data, 1)

for whisker in bp['whiskers']:
    whisker.set(color='#ff0000',lw=2)
plt.show()

answered Nov 24, 2015 at 11:35

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3 Comments

Faultier Over a year ago

wow, I completely missed that one. thanks for the quick answer, I cannot even accept it yet (:

xnx Over a year ago

No worries. You can set the cap styles to match by iterating over bp['caps'], by the way.

hitzg Over a year ago

Nice answer. You can even do it without the explicit loop: plt.setp(bp['whiskers'], color='#ff0000', lw=2)

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