Color land and water

The land and water parameters of pygmt.Figure.coast specify a color to fill in the land and water masses, respectively. There are many color codes in GMT, including standard GMT color names (like skyblue), R/G/B levels (like 0/0/255), a hex value (like #333333), and a graylevel (like 50).

Out:

<IPython.core.display.Image object>

import pygmt

fig = pygmt.Figure()
# Make a global Mollweide map with automatic ticks
fig.basemap(region="g", projection="W15c", frame=True)
# Plot the land as light gray, and the water as sky blue
fig.coast(land="#666666", water="skyblue")
fig.show()