html_url,issue_url,id,node_id,user,created_at,updated_at,author_association,body,reactions,performed_via_github_app,issue https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/3590#issuecomment-572667885,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/3590,572667885,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDU3MjY2Nzg4NQ==,10194086,2020-01-09T17:29:57Z,2020-01-09T17:29:57Z,MEMBER," As a workaround (until #3601) is finished you can do: ``` python import matplotlib from matplotlib import pyplot from xarray import DataArray import numpy da = DataArray(numpy.linspace(0, 1)[numpy.newaxis, :]*numpy.linspace(0, 1)[:, numpy.newaxis]) cmap = matplotlib.cm.viridis h = da.plot.contourf(vmin=.3, cmap=cmap) cmap = h.get_cmap() cmap.set_under('w') h.set_cmap(cmap) ```","{""total_count"": 1, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 1, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,532165408