import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np
# image data a = np.array([0.313660827978, 0.365348418405, 0.423733120134, 0.365348418405, 0.439599930621, 0.525083754405, 0.423733120134, 0.525083754405, 0.651536351379]).reshape(3,3)
""" for the value of "interpolation", check this: http://matplotlib.org/examples/images_contours_and_fields/interpolation_methods.html for the value of "origin"= ['upper', 'lower'], check this: http://matplotlib.org/examples/pylab_examples/image_origin.html """ plt.imshow(a, interpolation='nearest', cmap='bone', origin='upper') plt.colorbar(shrink=.9)