N = 256 rgb = plt.cm.Blues(np.arange(N)) r, g, b, a = rgb[:,0], rgb[:,1], rgb[:,2], rgb[:,3] fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(6,3)) ax.plot(range(N), r, color='r', linewidth=1.4) ax.plot(range(N), g, color='g', linewidth=1.4) ax.plot(range(N), b, color='b', linewidth=1.4) ax.plot(range(N), a, color='gray', linestyle='--', linewidth=1.4) ax.axis((0,N-1,0,1)) plt.show()