matplotlib · QuLogic · Jul 20, 2024 · Apr 13, 2024 · Apr 14, 2024 · Apr 25, 2024
diff --git a/doc/users/next_whats_new/histogram_vectorized_parameters.rst b/doc/users/next_whats_new/histogram_vectorized_parameters.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+Vectorize ``hatch``, ``edgecolor``, ``facecolor``, ``linewidth`` and ``linestyle`` in *hist* methods
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+The parameters ``hatch``, ``edgecolor``, ``facecolor``, ``linewidth`` and ``linestyle``
+of the `~matplotlib.axes.Axes.hist` method are now vectorized.
+This means that you can pass in unique parameters for each histogram that is generated
+when the input *x* has multiple datasets.
+
+
+.. plot::
+    :include-source: true
+    :alt: Four charts, each displaying stacked histograms of three Poisson distributions. Each chart differentiates the histograms using various parameters: ax1 uses different linewidths, ax2 uses different hatches, ax3 uses different edgecolors, and ax4 uses different facecolors. Each histogram in ax1 and ax3 also has a different edgecolor.
+
+    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+    import numpy as np
+    np.random.seed(19680801)
+
+    fig, ((ax1, ax2), (ax3, ax4)) = plt.subplots(2, 2, figsize=(9, 9))
+
+    data1 = np.random.poisson(5, 1000)
+    data2 = np.random.poisson(7, 1000)
+    data3 = np.random.poisson(10, 1000)
+
+    labels = ["Data 1", "Data 2", "Data 3"]
+
+    ax1.hist([data1, data2, data3], bins=range(17), histtype="step", stacked=True,
+             edgecolor=["red", "green", "blue"], linewidth=[1, 2, 3])
+    ax1.set_title("Different linewidths")
+    ax1.legend(labels)
+
+    ax2.hist([data1, data2, data3], bins=range(17), histtype="barstacked",
+             hatch=["/", ".", "*"])
+    ax2.set_title("Different hatch patterns")
+    ax2.legend(labels)
+
+    ax3.hist([data1, data2, data3], bins=range(17), histtype="bar", fill=False,
+             edgecolor=["red", "green", "blue"], linestyle=["--", "-.", ":"])
+    ax3.set_title("Different linestyles")
+    ax3.legend(labels)
+
+    ax4.hist([data1, data2, data3], bins=range(17), histtype="barstacked",
+             facecolor=["red", "green", "blue"])
+    ax4.set_title("Different facecolors")
+    ax4.legend(labels)
+
+    plt.show()
diff --git a/galleries/examples/statistics/histogram_multihist.py b/galleries/examples/statistics/histogram_multihist.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 select these parameters:
 http://docs.astropy.org/en/stable/visualization/histogram.html
 """
-
+# %%
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 import numpy as np
 
@@ -45,6 +45,93 @@
 fig.tight_layout()
 plt.show()
 
+# %%
+# -----------------------------------
+# Setting properties for each dataset
+# -----------------------------------
+#
+# Plotting bar charts with datasets differentiated using:
+#
+# * edgecolors
+# * facecolors
+# * hatches
+# * linewidths
+# * linestyles
+#
+#
+# Edge-Colors
+# ...........................
+
+fig, ax = plt.subplots()
+
+edgecolors = ['green', 'red', 'blue']
+
+ax.hist(x, n_bins, fill=False, histtype="step", stacked=True,
+        edgecolor=edgecolors, label=edgecolors)
+ax.legend()
+ax.set_title('Stacked Steps with Edgecolors')
+
+plt.show()
+
+# %%
+# Face-Colors
+# ...........................
+
+fig, ax = plt.subplots()
+
+facecolors = ['green', 'red', 'blue']
+
+ax.hist(x, n_bins, histtype="barstacked", facecolor=facecolors, label=facecolors)
+ax.legend()
+ax.set_title("Bars with different Facecolors")
+
+plt.show()
+
+# %%
+# Hatches
+# .......................
+
+fig, ax = plt.subplots()
+
+hatches = [".", "o", "x"]
+
+ax.hist(x, n_bins, histtype="barstacked", hatch=hatches, label=hatches)
+ax.legend()
+ax.set_title("Hatches on Stacked Bars")
+
+plt.show()
+
+# %%
+# Linewidths
+# ..........................
+
+fig, ax = plt.subplots()
+
+linewidths = [1, 2, 3]
+edgecolors = ["green", "red", "blue"]
+
+ax.hist(x, n_bins, fill=False, histtype="bar", linewidth=linewidths,
+        edgecolor=edgecolors, label=linewidths)
+ax.legend()
+ax.set_title("Bars with Linewidths")
+
+plt.show()
+
+# %%
+# LineStyles
+# ..........................
+
+fig, ax = plt.subplots()
+
+linestyles = ['-', ':', '--']
+
+ax.hist(x, n_bins, fill=False, histtype='bar', linestyle=linestyles,
+        edgecolor=edgecolors, label=linestyles)
+ax.legend()
+ax.set_title('Bars with Linestyles')
+
+plt.show()
+
 # %%
 #
 # .. admonition:: References

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
@@ -6937,7 +6937,10 @@ def hist(self, x, bins=None, range=None, density=False, weights=None,
             DATA_PARAMETER_PLACEHOLDER
 
         **kwargs
-            `~matplotlib.patches.Patch` properties
+            `~matplotlib.patches.Patch` properties. The following properties
+            additionally accept a sequence of values corresponding to the
+            datasets in *x*:
+            *edgecolors*, *facecolors*, *linewidths*, *linestyles*, *hatches*.
 
         See Also
         --------
@@ -7210,9 +7213,28 @@ def hist(self, x, bins=None, range=None, density=False, weights=None,
         # If None, make all labels None (via zip_longest below); otherwise,
         # cast each element to str, but keep a single str as it.
         labels = [] if label is None else np.atleast_1d(np.asarray(label, str))
+
+        if histtype == "step":
+            edgecolors = itertools.cycle(np.atleast_1d(kwargs.get('edgecolor',
+                                                                  colors)))
+        else:
+            edgecolors = itertools.cycle(np.atleast_1d(kwargs.get("edgecolor", None)))
+
+        facecolors = itertools.cycle(np.atleast_1d(kwargs.get('facecolor', colors)))
+        hatches = itertools.cycle(np.atleast_1d(kwargs.get('hatch', None)))
+        linewidths = itertools.cycle(np.atleast_1d(kwargs.get('linewidth', None)))
+        linestyles = itertools.cycle(np.atleast_1d(kwargs.get('linestyle', None)))
+
         for patch, lbl in itertools.zip_longest(patches, labels):
             if patch:
                 p = patch[0]
+                kwargs.update({
+                    'hatch': next(hatches),
+                    'linewidth': next(linewidths),
+                    'linestyle': next(linestyles),
+                    'edgecolor': next(edgecolors),
+                    'facecolor': next(facecolors),
+                })
                 p._internal_update(kwargs)
                 if lbl is not None:
                     p.set_label(lbl)

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py
@@ -4603,6 +4603,64 @@ def test_hist_stacked_bar():
     ax.legend(loc='upper right', bbox_to_anchor=(1.0, 1.0), ncols=1)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('kwargs', ({'facecolor': ["b", "g", "r"]},
+                                    {'edgecolor': ["b", "g", "r"]},
+                                    {'hatch': ["/", "\\", "."]},
+                                    {'linestyle': ["-", "--", ":"]},
+                                    {'linewidth': [1, 1.5, 2]},
+                                    {'color': ["b", "g", "r"]}))
+@check_figures_equal(extensions=["png"])
+def test_hist_vectorized_params(fig_test, fig_ref, kwargs):
+    np.random.seed(19680801)
+    x = [np.random.randn(n) for n in [2000, 5000, 10000]]
+
+    (axt1, axt2) = fig_test.subplots(2)
+    (axr1, axr2) = fig_ref.subplots(2)
+
+    for histtype, axt, axr in [("stepfilled", axt1, axr1), ("step", axt2, axr2)]:
+        _, bins, _ = axt.hist(x, bins=10, histtype=histtype, **kwargs)
+
+        kw, values = next(iter(kwargs.items()))
+        for i, (xi, value) in enumerate(zip(x, values)):
+            axr.hist(xi, bins=bins, histtype=histtype, **{kw: value},
+                     zorder=(len(x)-i)/2)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('kwargs, patch_face, patch_edge',
+                         [({'histtype': 'stepfilled', 'color': 'r',
+                            'facecolor': 'y', 'edgecolor': 'g'}, 'y', 'g'),
+                          ({'histtype': 'step', 'color': 'r',
+                            'facecolor': 'y', 'edgecolor': 'g'}, ('y', 0), 'g'),
+                          ({'histtype': 'stepfilled', 'color': 'r',
+                            'edgecolor': 'g'}, 'r', 'g'),
+                          ({'histtype': 'step', 'color': 'r',
+                            'edgecolor': 'g'}, ('r', 0), 'g'),
+                          ({'histtype': 'stepfilled', 'color': 'r',
+                            'facecolor': 'y'}, 'y', 'k'),
+                          ({'histtype': 'step', 'color': 'r',
+                            'facecolor': 'y'}, ('y', 0), 'r'),
+                          ({'histtype': 'stepfilled',
+                            'facecolor': 'y', 'edgecolor': 'g'}, 'y', 'g'),
+                          ({'histtype': 'step', 'facecolor': 'y',
+                            'edgecolor': 'g'}, ('y', 0), 'g'),
+                          ({'histtype': 'stepfilled', 'color': 'r'}, 'r', 'k'),
+                          ({'histtype': 'step', 'color': 'r'}, ('r', 0), 'r'),
+                          ({'histtype': 'stepfilled', 'facecolor': 'y'}, 'y', 'k'),
+                          ({'histtype': 'step', 'facecolor': 'y'}, ('y', 0), 'C0'),
+                          ({'histtype': 'stepfilled', 'edgecolor': 'g'}, 'C0', 'g'),
+                          ({'histtype': 'step', 'edgecolor': 'g'}, ('C0', 0), 'g'),
+                          ({'histtype': 'stepfilled'}, 'C0', 'k'),
+                          ({'histtype': 'step'}, ('C0', 0), 'C0')])
+def test_hist_color_semantics(kwargs, patch_face, patch_edge):
+    _, _, patches = plt.figure().subplots().hist([1, 2, 3], **kwargs)
+    # 'C0'(blue) stands for the first color of the default color cycle
+    # as well as the patch.facecolor rcParam
+    # When the expected edgecolor is 'k'(black), it corresponds to the
+    # patch.edgecolor rcParam
+    assert all(mcolors.same_color([p.get_facecolor(), p.get_edgecolor()],
+                                  [patch_face, patch_edge]) for p in patches)
+
+
 def test_hist_barstacked_bottom_unchanged():
     b = np.array([10, 20])
     plt.hist([[0, 1], [0, 1]], 2, histtype="barstacked", bottom=b)
@@ -4614,6 +4672,10 @@ def test_hist_emptydata():
     ax.hist([[], range(10), range(10)], histtype="step")
 
 
+def test_hist_none_patch():
+    plt.hist([1, 2], label=["First", "Second"])
-    plt.hist([1, 2], label=["First", "Second"])
+    plt.hist([ ], label=["First", "Second"])
-    plt.hist([1, 2], label=["First", "Second"])
+    plt.hist([ ], label=["First", "Second"])
+
+
 def test_hist_labels():
     # test singleton labels OK
     fig, ax = plt.subplots()