Plotter.background_color

property Plotter.background_color: Color

Return the background color of the active render window.

Examples

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Set the background color to "pink" and plot it.

>>> import pyvista as pv
>>> pl = pv.Plotter()
>>> _ = pl.add_mesh(pv.Cube(), show_edges=True)
>>> pl.background_color = 'pink'
>>> pl.background_color
Color(name='pink', hex='#ffc0cbff', opacity=255)
>>> pl.show()

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  • WidgetComponent.add_radio_button_widget (1 use)
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