Merge pull request matplotlib#28116 from timhoffm/fix-cmap-alias-names

FIX: Correct names of aliased cmaps

Author: ksunden

lib/matplotlib/cm.py

@@ -44,10 +44,17 @@ def _gen_cmap_registry():
             colors.LinearSegmentedColormap.from_list(name, spec, _LUTSIZE))
 
     # Register colormap aliases for gray and grey.
-    cmap_d['grey'] = cmap_d['gray']
-    cmap_d['gist_grey'] = cmap_d['gist_gray']
-    cmap_d['gist_yerg'] = cmap_d['gist_yarg']
-    cmap_d['Grays'] = cmap_d['Greys']
+    aliases = {
+        # alias -> original name
+        'grey': 'gray',
+        'gist_grey': 'gist_gray',
+        'gist_yerg': 'gist_yarg',
+        'Grays': 'Greys',
+    }
+    for alias, original_name in aliases.items():
+        cmap = cmap_d[original_name].copy()
+        cmap.name = alias
+        cmap_d[alias] = cmap
 
     # Generate reversed cmaps.
     for cmap in list(cmap_d.values()):

lib/matplotlib/tests/test_colors.py

@@ -1689,6 +1689,11 @@ def test_set_cmap_mismatched_name():
     assert cmap_returned.name == "wrong-cmap"
 
 
+def test_cmap_alias_names():
+    assert matplotlib.colormaps["gray"].name == "gray"  # original
+    assert matplotlib.colormaps["grey"].name == "grey"  # alias
+
+
 def test_to_rgba_array_none_color_with_alpha_param():
     # effective alpha for color "none" must always be 0 to achieve a vanishing color
     # even explicit alpha must be ignored