pyvista.Renderer.set_color_cycler

Renderer.set_color_cycler(color_cycler)

Set or reset this renderer’s color cycler.

This color cycler is iterated over by each sequential add_mesh() call to set the default color of the dataset being plotted.

When setting, the value must be either a list of color-like objects, or a cycler of color-like objects. If the value passed is a single string, it must be one of:

• 'default' - Use the default color cycler (matches matplotlib’s default)

• 'matplotlib - Dynamically get matplotlib’s current theme’s color cycler.

• 'all' - Cycle through all of the available colors in pyvista.plotting.colors.hexcolors

Setting to None will disable the use of the color cycler on this renderer.

Parameters:

color_cyclerstr | cycler.Cycler | sequence[ColorLike]

The colors to cycle through.

Examples

Set the default color cycler to iterate through red, green, and blue.

>>> import pyvista as pv
>>> pl = pv.Plotter()
>>> pl.renderer.set_color_cycler(['red', 'green', 'blue'])
>>> _ = pl.add_mesh(pv.Cone(center=(0, 0, 0)))  # red
>>> _ = pl.add_mesh(pv.Cube(center=(1, 0, 0)))  # green
>>> _ = pl.add_mesh(pv.Sphere(center=(1, 1, 0)))  # blue
>>> _ = pl.add_mesh(pv.Cylinder(center=(0, 1, 0)))  # red again
>>> pl.show()

Static Scene

Interactive Scene