list of colors and symbols for MPL

mpl_symbols.py

import matplotlib.cm as cm

max_color = 15.0 #Set maximum color index
color_gradient = cm.jet(arange(max_color)/max_color) #Set up color list from a canned color bar found in python
color_list = ['black','gray','darkorange','blue','red','green','orange','magenta','darkgoldenrod','purple','deeppink','darkolivegreen', 'cyan','yellow','beige']
symbol_list = ['o','v','8','x','s','*','h','D','^','8','1','o','o','o','o','o','o','o'] #Symbol list for rotation ladders on black and white Boltzmann plot
#for c in matplotlib.colors.cnames:
    #color_list.append(c)