Fix matplotlib#5419: Set default figure background to white

mdboom · Nov 25, 2015 · 16ef7aa · 16ef7aa
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diff --git a/doc/users/whats_new/style_changes.rst b/doc/users/whats_new/style_changes.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ are designed to work well in the most common cases.
 
 These changes include:
 
+- The default figure background color is now white.
+
 - By default, the number of points displayed in a legend is now 1.
 
 - The ''Blues'' colormap has been adjusted to be perceptually uniform.  The old

diff --git a/matplotlibrc.template b/matplotlibrc.template
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ backend      : %(backend)s
 
 # When True, the figures rendered in the nbagg backend are created with
 # a transparent background.
-# nbagg.transparent : True
+# nbagg.transparent : False
 
 # if you are running pyplot inside a GUI and your backend choice
 # conflicts, we will automatically try to find a compatible one for
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ backend      : %(backend)s
 #figure.titleweight : normal   # weight of the figure title
 #figure.figsize   : 8, 6    # figure size in inches
 #figure.dpi       : 80      # figure dots per inch
-#figure.facecolor : 0.75    # figure facecolor; 0.75 is scalar gray
+#figure.facecolor : white   # figure facecolor; 0.75 is scalar gray
 #figure.edgecolor : white   # figure edgecolor
 #figure.autolayout : False  # When True, automatically adjust subplot
                             # parameters to make the plot fit the figure