Heatmap
Survey Response Heatmap
Light theme heatmap showing survey responses by question
Output
Python
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
from matplotlib.colors import LinearSegmentedColormap
from matplotlib.patches import FancyBboxPatch
fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(12, 8), facecolor='#ffffff')
ax.set_facecolor('#ffffff')
np.random.seed(42)
questions = ['Q1', 'Q2', 'Q3', 'Q4', 'Q5', 'Q6', 'Q7', 'Q8']
segments = ['18-24', '25-34', '35-44', '45-54', '55+']
data = np.random.uniform(2.5, 5, (len(segments), len(questions)))
colors = ['#1e293b', '#3730a3', '#6366f1', '#818cf8', '#c7d2fe']
cmap = LinearSegmentedColormap.from_list('modern', colors, N=256)
cell_w, cell_h = 0.88, 0.82
for i in range(len(segments)):
for j in range(len(questions)):
val = data[i, j]
rect = FancyBboxPatch((j - cell_w/2, i - cell_h/2), cell_w, cell_h,
boxstyle="round,pad=0.02,rounding_size=0.12",
facecolor=cmap((val - 1) / (5 - 1)), edgecolor='#e2e8f0', linewidth=1.5)
ax.add_patch(rect)
ax.text(j, i, f'{val:.1f}', ha='center', va='center', color='#1e293b', fontsize=10, fontweight='bold')
ax.set_xlim(-0.5, len(questions)-0.5)
ax.set_ylim(-0.5, len(segments)-0.5)
ax.set_aspect('equal')
ax.invert_yaxis()
ax.set_xticks(range(len(questions)))
ax.set_yticks(range(len(segments)))
ax.set_xticklabels(questions, color='#64748b', fontsize=10, fontweight='500')
ax.set_yticklabels(segments, color='#1e293b', fontsize=11, fontweight='500')
sm = plt.cm.ScalarMappable(cmap=cmap, norm=plt.Normalize(1, 5))
cbar = plt.colorbar(sm, ax=ax, shrink=0.8, pad=0.02)
cbar.set_label('Avg Rating', color='#1e293b', fontsize=11)
cbar.outline.set_edgecolor('#e2e8f0')
plt.setp(plt.getp(cbar.ax.axes, 'yticklabels'), color='#64748b')
for spine in ax.spines.values(): spine.set_visible(False)
ax.tick_params(length=0)
ax.set_title('Survey Response by Demographics', fontsize=18, color='#1e293b', fontweight='bold', pad=20)
plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()
Library
Matplotlib
Category
Heatmaps & Density
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