.. note::
    :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

    Click :ref:`here <sphx_glr_download_gallery_axes_grid1_simple_colorbar.py>` to download the full example code
.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_gallery_axes_grid1_simple_colorbar.py:


===============
Simple Colorbar
===============





.. image:: /gallery/axes_grid1/images/sphx_glr_simple_colorbar_001.png
    :class: sphx-glr-single-img





.. code-block:: python

    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    from mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1 import make_axes_locatable
    import numpy as np

    ax = plt.subplot(111)
    im = ax.imshow(np.arange(100).reshape((10, 10)))

    # create an axes on the right side of ax. The width of cax will be 5%
    # of ax and the padding between cax and ax will be fixed at 0.05 inch.
    divider = make_axes_locatable(ax)
    cax = divider.append_axes("right", size="5%", pad=0.05)

    plt.colorbar(im, cax=cax)


.. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_axes_grid1_simple_colorbar.py:


.. only :: html

 .. container:: sphx-glr-footer
    :class: sphx-glr-footer-example



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Python source code: simple_colorbar.py <simple_colorbar.py>`



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: simple_colorbar.ipynb <simple_colorbar.ipynb>`


.. only:: html

 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

    Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot
    `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery
    <https://sphinx-gallery.readthedocs.io>`_
