from matplotlib.pyplot import cm
import numpy as np
#variable n below should be number of curves to plot
#version 1:
color = cm.rainbow(np.linspace(0, 1, n))
for i, c in zip(range(n), color):
plt.plot(x, y, c=c)
#or version 2:
color = iter(cm.rainbow(np.linspace(0, 1, n)))
for i in range(n):
c = next(color)
plt.plot(x, y, c=c)
from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
from matplotlib.colors import hsv_to_rgb
from cycler import cycler
# 1000 distinct colors:
colors = [hsv_to_rgb([(i * 0.618033988749895) % 1.0, 1, 1])
for i in range(1000)]
plt.rc('axes', prop_cycle=(cycler('color', colors)))
for i in range(20):
plt.plot([1, 0], [i, i])
plt.show()