Backport PR #27153: Link xkcd color survey in named colors example

timhoffm · meeseeksmachine · commit d61da0580e41 · 2023-10-20T11:35:42.000Z
diff --git a/galleries/examples/color/named_colors.py b/galleries/examples/color/named_colors.py
@@ -101,8 +101,10 @@ def plot_colortable(colors, *, ncols=4, sort_colors=True):
 # -----------
 # XKCD Colors
 # -----------
-# XKCD colors are supported, but they produce a large figure, so we skip them
-# for now. You can use the following code if desired::
+# Matplotlib supports colors from the
+# `xkcd color survey <https://xkcd.com/color/rgb/>`_, e.g. ``"xkcd:sky blue"``. Since
+# this contains almost 1000 colors, a figure of this would be very large and is thus
+# omitted here. You can use the following code to generate the overview yourself ::
 #
 #     xkcd_fig = plot_colortable(mcolors.XKCD_COLORS)
 #     xkcd_fig.savefig("XKCD_Colors.png")
