From ddfae0d984220e28628cc4706fc14685302d12fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bbm <brian.maranville@nist.gov>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2023 16:54:36 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] apply fix suggested in #129

---
 bumps/plotutil.py | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/bumps/plotutil.py b/bumps/plotutil.py
index 3f47e61e..cbbda879 100644
--- a/bumps/plotutil.py
+++ b/bumps/plotutil.py
@@ -54,6 +54,15 @@ def next_color():
     import pylab
     lines = pylab.gca()._get_lines
     try:
+        base = lines.get_next_color()
+    except Exception:
+        try: # Cruft 1.7 - 3.7?
+            base = next(lines.prop_cycler)['color']
+        except Exception:
+            try: # Cruft 1.4-1.6?
+                base = next(lines.color_cycle)
+            except Exception:  # Cruft 1.3 and earlier
+                base = lines._get_next_cycle_color()
         base = next(lines.prop_cycler)['color']
     except Exception:
         try: # Cruft 1.4-1.6?