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+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+import seaborn as sns
+from palettable import cartocolors
+from husl import hex_to_husl
+
+colours = cartocolors.qualitative.Safe_10.hex_colors
+cpalette = sns.color_palette(colours)
+cpalette_light = sns.light_palette(hex_to_husl(colours[1]), input="husl")
+
+cmap_qualitative = cartocolors.qualitative.Safe_10.mpl_colormap
+cmap_light = sns.light_palette(hex_to_husl(colours[1]), input="husl", as_cmap=True)
+cmap_diverging = sns.diverging_palette(h_neg=227, h_pos=4, s=73, l=60, n=12, as_cmap=True)
+cmap_diverging.set_bad('white')
+
+pltmarkers = ['o', 'X', 'D', 'P', 'X']
+
+def set_style():
+    sns.set_palette(cpalette)
+    sns.set_style('darkgrid', {'axes.spines.right': False,
+                               'axes.spines.top': False,
+                               'axes.facecolor': '.93'})
+
+    plt.rcParams.update({
+        'font.family': 'serif',
+        'font.sans-serif': 'cm',
+        'text.usetex': True,
+        'font.size': 14,
+
+        'xtick.labelsize': 14,
+        'ytick.labelsize': 14,
+        'axes.labelsize': 16,
+        'axes.titlesize': 18,
+
+        'savefig.dpi': 75,
+
+        'figure.autolayout': False,
+        'figure.figsize': (13, 7),
+        'figure.titlesize': 20,
+
+        'lines.linewidth': 2.0,
+        'lines.markersize': 8,
+        'legend.fontsize': 14
+    })
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