import matplotlib.pyplot as plt with plt.rc_context({'axes.edgecolor':'orange', 'xtick.color':'red', 'ytick.color':'green', 'figure.facecolor':'white'}):     # Temporary rc parameters in effect     fig, (ax1, ax2) = plt.subplots(1,2)     ax1.plot(range(10))     ax2.plot(range(10)) # Back to default rc parameters fig, ax = plt.subplots() ax.plot(range(10)) 

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