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I would like to toggle my plot between two different styles. But I'm having a problem finding out how to change the style after the plot is created.

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

plt.style.use("dark_background")  # create plot in dark format

fig, (axes1, axes2) = plt.subplots(2)

axes1.plot(range(5))
axes2.plot(range(4, -1, -1))

"""other code here"""

if True:  # condintion for changing style later
    plt.style.use("default")  # depending on code, change plot style back

plt.show()

If using the plt.style.use function doesn't work, is it possible using the rcParams?

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    No, one cannot change the style after the axes is created. In such case one would need to change each element individually using .set_color() and similar functions. Best use the style in a context, with plt.style.context('dark_background'): Commented Oct 28, 2019 at 18:50
  • Okay thanks, the context might be hard since I call different parts of the plot in different functions, but I think i'll just try doing it with the individual set_color functions. Thanks! Commented Oct 28, 2019 at 19:47
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