colour.plotting.plot_multi_sds

colour.plotting.plot_multi_sds(sds, cmfs='CIE 1931 2 Degree Standard Observer', use_sds_colours=False, normalise_sds_colours=False, **kwargs)

Plots given spectral distributions.

Parameters

• sds (array_like or MultiSpectralDistributions) – Spectral distributions or multi-spectral distributions to plot. sds can be a single colour.MultiSpectralDistributions class instance, a list of colour.MultiSpectralDistributions class instances or a list of colour.SpectralDistribution class instances.

• cmfs (unicode, optional) – Standard observer colour matching functions used for spectrum creation.

• use_sds_colours (bool, optional) – Whether to use spectral distributions colours.

• normalise_sds_colours (bool) – Whether to normalise spectral distributions colours.

Other Parameters

**kwargs (dict, optional) – {colour.plotting.artist(), colour.plotting.render()}, Please refer to the documentation of the previously listed definitions.

Returns

Current figure and axes.

Return type

tuple

Examples

>>> from colour import SpectralDistribution
>>> data_1 = {
...     500: 0.004900,
...     510: 0.009300,
...     520: 0.063270,
...     530: 0.165500,
...     540: 0.290400,
...     550: 0.433450,
...     560: 0.594500
... }
>>> data_2 = {
...     500: 0.323000,
...     510: 0.503000,
...     520: 0.710000,
...     530: 0.862000,
...     540: 0.954000,
...     550: 0.994950,
...     560: 0.995000
... }
>>> sd_1 = SpectralDistribution(data_1, name='Custom 1')
>>> sd_2 = SpectralDistribution(data_2, name='Custom 2')
>>> plot_multi_sds([sd_1, sd_2])  
(<Figure size ... with 1 Axes>, <matplotlib.axes._subplots.AxesSubplot object at 0x...>)