Do you mean add remove_text=True to @image_comparision?  (added to PR).

You can use celColours keyword on axes.table() to set the cell (ie
Rectangle.facecolor) color.  You can also specify color arguments to the
Table.add_cell() function.  Is that sufficient or are you looking for
something else?

-matt


On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 2:35 PM, Phil Elson <notifications@github.com>wrote:

> In lib/matplotlib/tests/test_table.py:
>
> > @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
> > +import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
> > +import numpy as np
> > +from matplotlib.testing.decorators import image_comparison
> > +
> > +
> > +@image_comparison(baseline_images=['table_zorder'], extensions=['png'])
>
> Looks great to me. Any chance you could remove_text=True this to reduce
> the chance of it failing with different freetype versions? I'm also
> interested to know if your change means you can add color to the table -
> might be nice to update the test to include that (rather than creating a
> new test for that facet).
>
> Nice work!
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