Line & Scatter
Signal & Noise
Smooth trend line with noisy scattered data points overlay.
Output
Python
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
# === STYLE CONFIG ===
COLORS = {
'signal': '#0EA5E9', # Sky blue - clean signal
'noise': '#F43F5E', # Rose - noisy data
'background': '#FAFBFC',
'text_muted': '#64748B',
'grid': '#E2E8F0',
}
# === DATA ===
np.random.seed(42)
x = np.linspace(0, 12, 150)
signal = 3 + 2 * np.sin(0.5 * x) + 0.3 * x
x_samples = np.linspace(0, 12, 40)
noise = 3 + 2 * np.sin(0.5 * x_samples) + 0.3 * x_samples + np.random.normal(0, 0.6, 40)
# === FIGURE ===
fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(10, 6), dpi=100)
ax.set_facecolor(COLORS['background'])
fig.patch.set_facecolor(COLORS['background'])
# === PLOT ===
ax.scatter(x_samples, noise,
color=COLORS['noise'], s=40, alpha=0.6,
edgecolors='white', linewidths=1,
label='Observations', zorder=2)
ax.plot(x, signal,
color=COLORS['signal'], linewidth=2.5,
label='Trend', zorder=3)
# === AXES ===
ax.set_xlim(0, 12)
ax.set_ylim(0, 9)
ax.set_xlabel('Time', fontsize=10, color=COLORS['text_muted'], labelpad=10)
ax.set_ylabel('Amplitude', fontsize=10, color=COLORS['text_muted'], labelpad=10)
# === STYLING ===
for spine in ['top', 'right']:
ax.spines[spine].set_visible(False)
for spine in ['bottom', 'left']:
ax.spines[spine].set_color(COLORS['grid'])
ax.yaxis.grid(True, color=COLORS['grid'], linewidth=0.5, alpha=0.7)
ax.xaxis.grid(False)
ax.set_axisbelow(True)
ax.tick_params(axis='both', colors=COLORS['text_muted'], labelsize=9, length=0, pad=8)
ax.legend(loc='upper center', bbox_to_anchor=(0.5, -0.12),
ncol=2, frameon=False, fontsize=9, labelcolor=COLORS['text_muted'])
plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()
Library
Matplotlib
Category
Pairwise Data
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