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+New style colorblind-friendly color cycle
+=========================================
+
+A new style defining a color cycle has been added, tableau-colorblind10, to provide another option for 
+colorblind-friendly plots.
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+# Tableau colorblind 10 palette
+axes.prop_cycle: cycler('color', ['006BA4', 'FF800E', 'ABABAB', '595959', '5F9ED1', 'C85200', '898989', 'A2C8EC', 'FFBC79', 'CFCFCF'])
+patch.facecolor: 006BA4
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