How to set Different Color(s) for Bars of Bar Plot in Matplotlib?

Matplotlib PyPlot – Set Different Color(s) for Bars in Bar Plot

To set different colors for bars in a Bar Plot using Matplotlib PyPlot API, call matplotlib.pyplot.bar() function, and pass required color values, as list, to color parameter of bar() function.

The definition of matplotlib.pyplot.bar() function with color parameter is

bar(x, height, color=None)

Of course, there are other named parameters, but for simplicity, only color parameter is given.

where

Parameter	Description
color	The color(s) of the bar which takes color or list of color.

Example

In the following program, we will draw a bar plot with bars and set different colors for each of the bar in this bar plot.

example.py

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

#data
x = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
h = [10, 8, 12, 4, 7]
c = ['red', 'yellow', 'black', 'blue', 'orange']

#bar plot
plt.bar(x, height = h, color = c)

plt.show()

Output

Conclusion

In this Matplotlib Tutorial, we learned how to set different colors for bars in bar plot using Matplotlib PyPlot API.