matplotlib scatter plot with color label and legend specified by c option [duplicate]

Answer 1

check this out:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as  np

fig, ax = plt.subplots()
scatter_x = np.array([1,2,3,4,5])
scatter_y = np.array([5,4,3,2,1])
group = np.array([1,3,2,1,3])
for g in np.unique(group):
    i = np.where(group == g)
    ax.scatter(scatter_x[i], scatter_y[i], label=g)
ax.legend()
plt.show()

Answer 2

As in the example you mentioned, call plt.scatter for each group:

import numpy as np
from matplotlib import pyplot as plt

scatter_x = np.array([1,2,3,4,5])
scatter_y = np.array([5,4,3,2,1])
group = np.array([1,3,2,1,3])
cdict = {1: 'red', 2: 'blue', 3: 'green'}

fig, ax = plt.subplots()
for g in np.unique(group):
    ix = np.where(group == g)
    ax.scatter(scatter_x[ix], scatter_y[ix], c = cdict[g], label = g, s = 100)
ax.legend()
plt.show()