#!/usr/bin/env python """ Use a pcolor or imshow with a custom colormap to make a contour plot. Since this example was initially written, a proper contour routine was added to matplotlib - see contour_demo.py and http://matplotlib.sf.net/matplotlib.pylab.html#-contour. """ from pylab import * delta = 0.01 x = arange(-3.0, 3.0, delta) y = arange(-3.0, 3.0, delta) X,Y = meshgrid(x, y) Z1 = bivariate_normal(X, Y, 1.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0) Z2 = bivariate_normal(X, Y, 1.5, 0.5, 1, 1) Z = Z2 - Z1 # difference of Gaussians cmap = cm.get_cmap('jet', 10) # 10 discrete colors im = imshow(Z, cmap=cmap, interpolation='bilinear') axis('off') colorbar() show()