API: tc prefix -> tab prefix

tacaswell · tacaswell · commit 2810da313142 · 2017-01-16T14:36:29.000-05:00
diff --git a/doc/users/colors.rst b/doc/users/colors.rst
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ it can be provided as:
 * a name from the `xkcd color survey <https://xkcd.com/color/rgb/>`__
   prefixed with ``'xkcd:'`` (e.g., ``'xkcd:sky blue'``)
 * one of ``{'C0', 'C1', 'C2', 'C3', 'C4', 'C5', 'C6', 'C7', 'C8', 'C9'}``
-* one of ``{'tc:blue', 'tc:orange', 'tc:green',
-  'tc:red', 'tc:purple', 'tc:brown', 'tc:pink',
-  'tc:gray', 'tc:olive', 'tc:cyan'}`` which are the Tableau Colors from the
+* one of ``{'tab:blue', 'tab:orange', 'tab:green',
+  'tab:red', 'tab:purple', 'tab:brown', 'tab:pink',
+  'tab:gray', 'tab:olive', 'tab:cyan'}`` which are the Tableau Colors from the
   'T10' categorical palette (which is the default color cycle).
 
 All string specifications of color are case-insensitive.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/_color_data.py b/lib/matplotlib/_color_data.py
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@
     ('cyan', '#17becf'))
 )
 
-# Normalize name to "tc:<name>" to avoid name collisions.
+# Normalize name to "tab:<name>" to avoid name collisions.
 TABLEAU_COLORS = OrderedDict(
-    ('tc:' + name, value) for name, value in TABLEAU_COLORS.items())
+    ('tab:' + name, value) for name, value in TABLEAU_COLORS.items())
 
 # This mapping of color names -> hex values is taken from
 # a survey run by Randel Monroe see:
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_colors.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_colors.py
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ def angled_plane(azimuth, elevation, angle, x, y):
 def test_color_names():
     assert mcolors.to_hex("blue") == "#0000ff"
     assert mcolors.to_hex("xkcd:blue") == "#0343df"
-    assert mcolors.to_hex("tc:blue") == "#1f77b4"
+    assert mcolors.to_hex("tab:blue") == "#1f77b4"
 
 
 def _sph2cart(theta, phi):
