Using Matplotlib i often find myself repeadily writing the following to change the alpha value of the plots: plot(x,y1, alpha=.6) plot(x,y2, alpha=.6) plot(x,y3, alpha=.6) ... I was hoping to find a matching value in the rcParameters to change to option globally like: plt.rcParams['lines.alpha'] = 0.6 Could this be implemented so it can be set in a style sheet and the code stays short and readable?