python scatter plot legend
# credit to the Stack Overflow user in the source link import matplotlib.pyplot as plt from numpy.random import random colors = ['b', 'c', 'y', 'm', 'r'] lo = plt.scatter(random(10), random(10), marker='x', color=colors[0]) ll = plt.scatter(random(10), random(10), marker='o', color=colors[0]) l = plt.scatter(random(10), random(10), marker='o', color=colors[1]) a = plt.scatter(random(10), random(10), marker='o', color=colors[2]) h = plt.scatter(random(10), random(10), marker='o', color=colors[3]) hh = plt.scatter(random(10), random(10), marker='o', color=colors[4]) ho = plt.scatter(random(10), random(10), marker='x', color=colors[4]) plt.legend((lo, ll, l, a, h, hh, ho), ('Low Outlier', 'LoLo', 'Lo', 'Average', 'Hi', 'HiHi', 'High Outlier'), scatterpoints=1, loc='lower left', ncol=3, fontsize=8) plt.show()
