Invert colors when plotting a PNG file using matplotlib

Question

I\'m trying to display a PNG file using matplotlib and of course, python. For this test, I\'ve generated the following image:

Answer 1

As others have pointed out, the problem is that numpy arrays are in BGR format, but matplotlib expects the arrays to be ordered in a different way.

You are looking for scipy.misc.toimage:

import scipy.misc
rgb = scipy.misc.toimage(cube)

Alternatively, you can use scipy.misc.imshow().