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.. "plot_types/unstructured/tripcolor.py"
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.. only:: html

    .. meta::
        :keywords: codex

    .. note::
        :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

        :ref:`Go to the end <sphx_glr_download_plot_types_unstructured_tripcolor.py>`
        to download the full example code.

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.. _sphx_glr_plot_types_unstructured_tripcolor.py:


==================
tripcolor(x, y, z)
==================
Create a pseudocolor plot of an unstructured triangular grid.

See `~matplotlib.axes.Axes.tripcolor`.

.. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 9-29



.. image-sg:: /plot_types/unstructured/images/sphx_glr_tripcolor_001.png
   :alt: tripcolor
   :srcset: /plot_types/unstructured/images/sphx_glr_tripcolor_001.png, /plot_types/unstructured/images/sphx_glr_tripcolor_001_2_00x.png 2.00x
   :class: sphx-glr-single-img





.. code-block:: Python

    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    import numpy as np

    plt.style.use('_mpl-gallery-nogrid')

    # make data:
    np.random.seed(1)
    x = np.random.uniform(-3, 3, 256)
    y = np.random.uniform(-3, 3, 256)
    z = (1 - x/2 + x**5 + y**3) * np.exp(-x**2 - y**2)

    # plot:
    fig, ax = plt.subplots()

    ax.plot(x, y, 'o', markersize=2, color='grey')
    ax.tripcolor(x, y, z)

    ax.set(xlim=(-3, 3), ylim=(-3, 3))

    plt.show()


.. _sphx_glr_download_plot_types_unstructured_tripcolor.py:

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  .. container:: sphx-glr-footer sphx-glr-footer-example

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter

      :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: tripcolor.ipynb <tripcolor.ipynb>`

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python

      :download:`Download Python source code: tripcolor.py <tripcolor.py>`

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-zip

      :download:`Download zipped: tripcolor.zip <tripcolor.zip>`


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 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

    `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery <https://sphinx-gallery.github.io>`_
