Area Chart with Gradient

This example shows how to make an area chart with a gradient fill. For more information about gradient options see the Vega-Lite Gradient documentation.

Method syntax

import altair as alt
from vega_datasets import data

source = data.stocks()

alt.Chart(source).transform_filter(
    'datum.symbol==="GOOG"'
).mark_area(
    line={'color':'darkgreen'},
    color=alt.Gradient(
        gradient='linear',
        stops=[alt.GradientStop(color='white', offset=0),
               alt.GradientStop(color='darkgreen', offset=1)],
        x1=1,
        x2=1,
        y1=1,
        y2=0
    )
).encode(
    alt.X('date:T'),
    alt.Y('price:Q')
)

Attribute syntax

import altair as alt
from vega_datasets import data

source = data.stocks()

alt.Chart(source).transform_filter(
    'datum.symbol==="GOOG"'
).mark_area(
    line={'color':'darkgreen'},
    color=alt.Gradient(
        gradient='linear',
        stops=[alt.GradientStop(color='white', offset=0),
               alt.GradientStop(color='darkgreen', offset=1)],
        x1=1,
        x2=1,
        y1=1,
        y2=0
    )
).encode(
    alt.X('date:T'),
    alt.Y('price:Q')
)# No channel encoding options are specified in this chart
# so the code is the same as for the method-based syntax.