How to plot only the lower triangle of a seaborn heatmap?

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I've a list of lists all_genres where each sub-lists contain genres for a particular tv-show and each different sub-list refers to different tv-shows. I want to plot a seaborn heatmap but with only the lower traiangle part. Here is what I've tried so far :

import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import seaborn as sns
sns.set(rc={'figure.figsize':(16,9)})

all_genres = [['Drama', 'History'], ['Documentary'], ['Action', 'Drama', 'History'], ['Documentary'], ['Crime', 'Drama', 'Thriller'], ['Action', 'Adventure', 'Drama'], ['Crime', 'Drama', 'Thriller'], ['Documentary'], ['Documentary'], ['Documentary'], ['Animation', 'Adventure', 'Comedy'], ['Crime', 'Drama'], ['Documentary', 'History', 'War'], ['Animation', 'Action', 'Adventure'], ['Documentary'], ['Documentary', 'Music'], ['Crime', 'Drama', 'Mystery'], ['Documentary', 'History', 'War'], ['Fantasy', 'Horror', 'Mystery'], ['Documentary'], ['Drama'], ['Animation', 'Action', 'Adventure'], ['Adventure', 'Drama', 'Sci-Fi'], ['Documentary', 'History', 'War'], ['Biography', 'Drama', 'History'], ['Crime', 'Drama', 'Mystery'], ['Crime', 'Drama', 'Thriller'], ['Animation', 'Action', 'Adventure'], ['Animation', 'Crime', 'Drama'], ['Comedy', 'News', 'Talk-Show'], ['Documentary'], ['Animation', 'Action', 'Adventure'], ['Drama', 'Sci-Fi', 'Thriller'], ['Documentary'], ['Animation', 'Action', 'Adventure'], ['Comedy'], ['Comedy', 'Romance'], ['Drama', 'Romance'], ['Documentary'], ['Comedy'], ['Drama', 'Thriller', 'War'], ['Comedy'], ['Documentary', 'History', 'War'], ['Drama', 'Fantasy', 'Horror'], ['Animation', 'Adventure', 'Comedy'], ['Crime', 'Drama', 'Fantasy'], ['Comedy'], ['Animation', 'Adventure', 'Drama'], ['Comedy', 'Drama'], ['Comedy', 'Drama'], ['Biography', 'Crime', 'Drama'], ['Comedy', 'Drama'], ['Biography', 'Drama', 'History'], ['Comedy'], ['Drama'], ['Crime', 'Drama'], ['Comedy', 'War'], ['Drama', 'Mystery', 'Sci-Fi'], ['Action', 'Comedy', 'Drama'], ['Action', 'Drama', 'History'], ['Animation', 'Action', 'Adventure'], ['Comedy'], ['Crime', 'Drama', 'Thriller'], ['Animation', 'Comedy'], ['Crime', 'Drama', 'Mystery'], ['Crime', 'Thriller'], ['Animation', 'Action', 'Adventure'], ['Comedy'], ['Animation', 'Comedy'], ['Drama'], ['Drama', 'Mystery'], ['Comedy', 'Music'], ['Documentary', 'Comedy'], ['Comedy', 'Drama'], ['Animation', 'Action', 'Adventure'], ['Crime', 'Drama', 'History'], ['Animation', 'Action', 'Adventure'], ['Crime', 'Drama', 'Mystery'], ['Animation', 'Comedy', 'Drama'], ['Adventure', 'Drama', 'Western'], ['Documentary', 'Talk-Show'], ['Documentary', 'Crime'], ['Action', 'Adventure', 'Drama'], ['Drama', 'Horror', 'Mystery'], ['Crime', 'Drama'], ['Comedy'], ['Comedy', 'Drama'], ['Crime', 'Drama', 'Mystery'], ['Drama', 'History'], ['Crime', 'Drama', 'Mystery'], ['Crime', 'Drama', 'Mystery'], ['Crime', 'Drama', 'Thriller'], ['Comedy', 'Talk-Show'], ['Drama', 'Romance'], ['Animation', 'Crime', 'Drama'], ['Crime', 'Drama', 'Mystery'], ['Crime', 'Drama', 'Mystery'], ['Comedy'], ['Animation', 'Action', 'Adventure'], ['Animation', 'Action', 'Comedy'], ['Action', 'Drama', 'History'], ['Crime', 'Mystery', 'Thriller'], ['Comedy', 'Talk-Show'], ['Action', 'Adventure', 'Mystery'], ['Animation', 'Short', 'Comedy'], ['Action', 'Crime', 'Drama'], ['Comedy'], ['Comedy', 'Drama', 'Romance'], ['Animation', 'Action', 'Adventure'], ['Documentary', 'Crime'], ['Comedy', 'Drama', 'Music'], ['Comedy'], ['Drama', 'Romance'], ['Action', 'Crime', 'Drama'], ['Animation', 'Action', 'Adventure'], ['Drama', 'History', 'War'], ['Crime', 'Drama', 'Thriller'], ['Drama'], ['Action', 'Comedy'], ['Animation', 'Comedy'], ['Documentary', 'Adventure'], ['Documentary'], ['Comedy', 'Drama'], ['Animation', 'Action', 'Adventure'], ['Comedy', 'Game-Show'], ['Drama', 'Sport'], ['Adventure', 'Drama', 'Family'], ['Comedy'], ['Comedy'], ['Crime', 'Drama', 'Mystery'], ['Comedy'], ['Adventure', 'Comedy', 'Drama'], ['Family', 'Fantasy', 'Music'], ['Comedy', 'Drama'], ['Drama', 'Romance'], ['Animation', 'Action', 'Adventure'], ['Drama'], ['Action', 'Crime', 'Drama'], ['Comedy', 'Music', 'Musical'], ['Comedy'], ['Animation', 'Action', 'Drama'], ['Documentary'], ['Crime', 'Drama', 'Mystery'], ['Drama', 'War'], ['Animation', 'Action', 'Adventure'], ['Crime', 'Drama', 'Mystery'], ['Comedy', 'Drama'], ['Documentary', 'Biography', 'Crime'], ['Crime', 'Drama', 'History'], ['Comedy'], ['Animation', 'Action', 'Adventure'], ['Animation', 'Action', 'Adventure'], ['Biography', 'Drama', 'History'], ['Comedy', 'Talk-Show'], ['Comedy', 'Sci-Fi'], ['Comedy'], ['Crime', 'Drama'], ['Comedy', 'Crime', 'Drama'], ['Comedy', 'Drama'], ['Comedy', 'Romance'], ['Animation', 'Action', 'Adventure'], ['Crime', 'Drama', 'Mystery'], ['Action', 'Adventure', 'Crime'], ['Animation', 'Action', 'Adventure'], ['Comedy'], ['Animation', 'Action', 'Adventure'], ['Crime', 'Drama', 'Thriller'], ['Comedy', 'Family'], ['Documentary', 'History', 'War'], ['Biography', 'Drama'], ['Comedy'], ['Comedy', 'Musical', 'Sci-Fi'], ['Animation', 'Comedy', 'Drama'], ['Documentary', 'Sport'], ['Comedy', 'Game-Show'], ['Action', 'Adventure', 'Drama'], ['Comedy', 'Reality-TV'], ['Animation', 'Action', 'Adventure'], ['Drama', 'Romance'], ['Crime', 'Drama', 'Horror'], ['Comedy'], ['Comedy', 'Drama', 'Family'], ['Crime', 'Drama', 'Thriller'], ['Crime', 'Drama', 'Mystery'], ['Animation', 'Drama', 'Fantasy'], ['Action', 'Adventure', 'Biography'], ['Comedy', 'Drama'], ['Drama', 'Fantasy', 'Romance'], ['Action', 'Crime', 'Mystery'], ['Crime', 'Drama', 'Thriller'], ['Crime', 'Drama', 'Mystery'], ['Crime', 'Drama', 'Thriller'], ['Drama', 'Mystery', 'Sci-Fi'], ['Drama', 'Sci-Fi', 'Thriller'], ['Animation', 'Comedy', 'Sci-Fi'], ['Crime', 'Drama', 'Mystery'], ['Drama', 'Thriller'], ['Comedy'], ['Drama'], ['Comedy'], ['Animation', 'Action', 'Crime'], ['Biography', 'Crime', 'Drama'], ['Biography', 'Drama', 'History'], ['Comedy'], ['Action', 'Adventure', 'Biography'], ['Action', 'Comedy', 'Fantasy'], ['Crime', 'Drama'], ['Crime', 'Drama'], ['Crime', 'Drama'], ['Comedy', 'Drama', 'Romance'], ['Animation', 'Action', 'Adventure'], ['Animation', 'Action', 'Family'], ['Drama'], ['Animation', 'Comedy', 'Sci-Fi'], ['Action', 'Drama', 'History'], ['Crime', 'Drama', 'Mystery'], ['Crime', 'Drama'], ['Comedy', 'News', 'Talk-Show'], ['Animation', 'Action', 'Adventure'], ['Animation', 'Action', 'Adventure'], ['Drama', 'Mystery', 'Thriller'], ['Comedy', 'News', 'Talk-Show'], ['Comedy', 'Fantasy', 'Horror'], ['Drama', 'Fantasy', 'Mystery'], ['Adventure', 'Fantasy'], ['Animation', 'Action', 'Adventure'], ['Comedy', 'Crime'], ['Crime', 'Drama'], ['Comedy', 'Drama'], ['Drama', 'Mystery', 'Sci-Fi'], ['Comedy', 'Drama'], ['Comedy', 'Talk-Show'], ['Drama'], ['Animation', 'Family', 'Comedy'], ['Comedy', 'Horror'], ['Comedy', 'Drama'], ['Drama'], ['Documentary', 'Short'], ['Crime', 'Drama', 'Mystery'], ['Comedy', 'Romance'], ['Comedy', 'Family', 'Music'], ['Drama', 'Mystery', 'Sci-Fi'], ['Comedy', 'Crime']]
unique_genres = sorted({i for j in all_genres for i in j})
genre_matrix = []
for i in unique_genres:
    temp = []
    for j in unique_genres:
        s = sum(1  if i in m and j in m and i!=j else 0 for m in all_genres)
        temp.append(s)
    genre_matrix.append(temp)
genre_matrix = np.array(genre_matrix)

ax = sns.heatmap(genre_matrix, xticklabels=unique_genres, yticklabels=unique_genres, annot=True, linewidths=.42, cbar=True, cbar_kws={'label': 'Colorbar'})
#plt.savefig('seaborn_cross_fold_plot.png', bbox_inches="tight", pad_inches=0)
plt.show()

The resultant picture is this :

I want to get only the lower or bottom part of this heatmap as the the left bottom part and upper right part would be same i.e. they are just reflection wrt the diagonal line. The resultant picture I want to get is something like this :

How to do this in seaborn or in matplotlib?

Scroll to the very end of the [docs](https://seaborn.pydata.org/generated/seaborn.heatmap.html) and that should give you what you want. — m13op22, Aug 08 '19 at 14:24
If you want to include the diagonal values, you can add the line `mask[np.diag_indices_from(mask)] = False` — m13op22, Aug 08 '19 at 14:32

score 38 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 26 '20 at 11:36

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Bit a late to the Party!... Another way

corr= df_new.corr()

# Getting the Upper Triangle of the co-relation matrix
matrix = np.triu(corr)

# using the upper triangle matrix as mask 
sns.heatmap(corr, annot=True, mask=matrix)

answered Dec 26 '20 at 11:36

teddcp

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Almost worked for me, just had to do `np.triu(np.ones_like(corr))` instead – Christabella Irwanto Feb 17 '22 at 04:31

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 20 '19 at 18:22

You can look at https://seaborn.pydata.org/examples/many_pairwise_correlations.html and find out that

mask = np.zeros_like(corr, dtype=np.bool)
mask[np.triu_indices_from(mask)] = True

will be the code for masking the upper triangle part of the matrix.And then you would change the code of sns.heatmap to the following (as the website suggests):

sns.heatmap(corr, mask=mask, cmap=cmap, vmax=.3, center=0,
            square=True, linewidths=.5, cbar_kws={"shrink": .5})

You can customize other attributes if you want after that.

This is not an SO answer. It does not contain a stand-alone explanation. — foki, Nov 29 '20 at 19:34

Hamzah · Answer 3 · 2022-03-06T12:24:30.780

You can re-use this example:

import seaborn as sns
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

df = sns.load_dataset('car_crashes')
corr =  df.corr()

# Create a mask
mask = np.triu(np.ones_like(corr, dtype=bool))

# Create a custom divergin palette
cmap = sns.diverging_palette(100, 7, s=75, l=40,
                            n=5, center="light", as_cmap=True)

plt.figure(figsize=(10, 6))
sns.heatmap(corr, mask=mask, center=0, annot=True,
            fmt='.2f', square=True, cmap=cmap)

plt.show();

If you want to show the main diagonal, you can add this:

np.fill_diagonal(mask, False)

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