Add "c" as alias for "color" for Collections

anntzer · anntzer · commit 593c509272e7 · 2019-02-17T19:55:44.000+01:00
... for consistency with Line2D, as well as the already existing "ec"
and "fc" aliases for "edgecolor" and "facecolor".
diff --git a/doc/users/next_whats_new/2019-02-17-AL.rst b/doc/users/next_whats_new/2019-02-17-AL.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+`Collection` gained the ``c`` alias for the ``color`` property
+``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
+
+For consistency with functions returning `Line2D`\s (e.g. `~Axes.plot`), the
+color of the artists returned by functions returning `Collection` subclasses
+(e.g. `~Axes.fill_between`) can now be set using the ``c`` shorthand (e.g.
+``ax.fill_between(..., c="red")``).
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/collections.py b/lib/matplotlib/collections.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 @cbook._define_aliases({
     "antialiased": ["antialiaseds", "aa"],
+    "color": ["c"],
     "edgecolor": ["edgecolors", "ec"],
     "facecolor": ["facecolors", "fc"],
     "linestyle": ["linestyles", "dashes", "ls"],
