# Scatter pyplot option: vector of value for colors, one for each point

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**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [June 11, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/scatter-pyplot-option-vector-of-value-for-colors-one-for-each-point/41211 "2020-06-11T17:02:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/scatter-pyplot-option-vector-of-value-for-colors-one-for-each-point/41211/1 "2020-06-11T17:02:28Z")

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How can we feed a vector of values as color input into scatter plot using pyplot? I read one need to specify cmap, but I could find a clear example. My aim to having a vector of values, one per observation, that makes the dots in the scatter plots darker if the value is higher.