mmc.Hierarchy.color_dict()

Hierarchy.color_dict(new_color_palette=False, mode='LEAF_DEPTH', default_color='#d3d3d3', **kwargs)

Provides a dictionary of colors associated with each subset in the hierarchy

Parameters:

• new_color_palette (bool (default: False)) – False to return the current color_dict True replaces the hierarchy color system with a new cubehelix palette
• mode (str (default: 'LEAF_DEPTH')) – One of [“ZIGZAG”, “WIDTH”, “DEPTH”] The order to label the tree. If “LEAF” in mode, only create color dict for leaf nodes
• default_color (str (default: '#d3d3d3')) – Hex code of the color default, for any subsets not already defined in the color palette
• **kwargs – Sent to sns.cubehelix_palette, a hue of > 1, and a rot >= 1 is recommended

Returns:

colors – A dictionary of the colors for each subset of the hierarchy

Return type:

Dict of subset of hierarchy to colors