ke, optional Determines the number and positions of the contour lines / regions. If an int *n*, use `~matplotlib.ticker.MaxNLocator`, which tries to automatically choose no more than *n+1* "nice" contour levels between between minimum and maximum numeric values of *Z*. If array-like, draw contour lines at the specified levels. The values must be in increasing order. Returns ------- `~matplotlib.tri.TriContourSet` Other Parameters ---------------- colors : color string or sequence of colors, optional The colors of the levels, i.e., the contour %%(type)s. The sequence is cycled for the levels in ascending order. If the sequence is shorter than the number of levels, it is repeated. As a shortcut, single color strings may be used in place of one-element lists, i.e. ``'red'`` instead of ``['red']`` to color all levels with the same color. This shortcut does only work for color strings, not for other ways of specifying colors. By default (value *None*), the colormap specified by *cmap* will be used. alpha : float, default: 1 The alpha blending value, between 0 (transparent) and 1 (opaque). %(cmap_doc)s This parameter is ignored if *colors* is set. %(norm_doc)s This parameter is ignored if *colors* is set. %(vmin_vmax_doc)s If *vmin* or *vmax* are not given, the default color scaling is based on *levels*. This parameter is ignored if *colors* is set. origin : {*None*, 'upper', 'lower', 'image'}, default: None Determines the orientation and exact position of *z* by specifying the position of ``z[0, 0]``. This is only relevant, if *X*, *Y* are not given. - *None*: ``z[0, 0]`` is at X=0, Y=0 in the lower left corner. - 'lower': ``z[0, 0]`` is at X=0.5, Y=0.5 in the lower left corner. - 'upper': ``z[0, 0]`` is at X=N+0.5, Y=0.5 in the upper left corner. - 'image': Use the value from :rc:`image.origin`. extent : (x0, x1, y0, y1), optional If *origin* is not *None*, then *extent* is interpreted as in `.imshow`: it gives the outer pixel boundaries. In this case, the position of z[0, 0] is the center of the pixel, not a corner. If *origin* is *None*, then (*x0*, *y0*) is the position of z[0, 0], and (*x1*, *y1*) is the position of z[-1, -1]. This argument is ignored if *X* and *Y* are specified in the call to contour. locator : ticker.Locator subclass, optional The locator is used to determine the contour levels if they are not given explicitly via *levels*. Defaults to `~.ticker.MaxNLocator`. extend : {'neither', 'both', 'min', 'max'}, default: 'neither' Determines the ``%%(func)s``-coloring of values that are outside the *levels* range. If 'neither', values outside the *levels* range are not colored. If 'min', 'max' or 'both', color the values below, above or below and above the *levels* range. Values below ``min(levels)`` and above ``max(levels)`` are mapped to the under/over values of the `.Colormap`. Note that most colormaps do not have dedicated colors for these by default, so that the over and under values are the edge values of the colormap. You may want to set these values explicitly using `.Colormap.set_under` and `.Colormap.set_over`. .. note:: An existing `.TriContourSet` does not get notified if properties of its colormap are changed. Therefore, an explicit call to `.ContourSet.changed()` is needed after modifying the colormap. The explicit call can be left out, if a colorbar is assigned to the `.TriContourSet` because it internally calls `.ContourSet.changed()`. xunits, yunits : registered units, optional Override axis units by specifying an instance of a :class:`matplotlib.units.ConversionInterface`. antialiased : bool, optional Enable antialiasing, overriding the defaults. For filled contours, the default is *True*. For line contours, it is taken from :rc:`lines.antialiased`.)