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Get a list of n hex colors for a given matplotlib palette
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get-hex-colors.py
# Source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/33597599/5391200
from pylab import *
cmap = cm.get_cmap('seismic', 5) # matplotlib color palette name, n colors
for i in range(cmap.N):
rgb = cmap(i)[:3] # will return rgba, we take only first 3 so we get rgb
print(matplotlib.colors.rgb2hex(rgb))
cmap = cm.get_cmap('plasma', 101)
color_list = [matplotlib.colors.rgb2hex(cmap(i)[:3]) for i in range(cmap.N)]
print(color_list)
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