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8 changes: 5 additions & 3 deletions tutorials/colors/colors.py
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case-insensitive);
* a string representation of a float value in ``[0, 1]`` inclusive for gray
level (e.g., ``'0.5'``);
* one of ``{'b', 'g', 'r', 'c', 'm', 'y', 'k', 'w'}``, they are the single
character short-hand notations for blue, green, red, cyan, magenta, yellow,
black, and white.
* one of the characters ``{'b', 'g', 'r', 'c', 'm', 'y', 'k', 'w'}``, which
are short-hand notations for shades of blue, green, red, cyan, magenta,
yellow, black, and white. Note that the colors ``'g', 'c', 'm', 'y'`` do not
coincide with the X11/CSS4 colors. Their particular shades were chosen for
better visibility of colored lines against typical backgrounds.
* a X11/CSS4 color name (case-insensitive);
* a name from the `xkcd color survey`_, prefixed with ``'xkcd:'`` (e.g.,
``'xkcd:sky blue'``; case insensitive);
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