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 #### Format Strings
 
-A format string consists of a part for color, marker and line:
+> A format string consists of a part for color, marker and line:
 
 ```python
 fmt = '[marker][line][color]'
 ```
-Each of them is optional. If not provided, the value from the style cycle is used. Exception: If line is given, but no marker, the data will be a line without markers.
 
-Other combinations such as [color][marker][line] are also supported, but note that their parsing may be ambiguous.
+> Each of them is optional. If not provided, the value from the style cycle is used. Exception: If line is given, but no marker, the data will be a line without markers.
+>
+> Other combinations such as [color][marker][line] are also supported, but note that their parsing may be ambiguous.
+
+##### Markers
+
+|character|description|
+|---|---|
+|'.'||point marker|
+|','||pixel marker|
+|'o'|circle marker|
+|'v'|triangle_down marker|
+|'^'|triangle_up marker|
+|'<'|triangle_left marker|
+|'>'|triangle_right marker|
+|'1'|tri_down marker|
+|'2'|tri_up marker|
+|'3'|tri_left marker|
+|'4'|tri_right marker|
+|'8'|octagon marker|
+|'s'|square marker|
+|'p'|pentagon marker|
+|'P'|plus (filled) marker|
+|'*'|star marker|
+|'h'|hexagon1 marker|
+|'H'|hexagon2 marker|
+|'+'|plus marker|
+|'x'|x marker|
+|'X'|x (filled) marker|
+|'D'|diamond marker|
+|'d'|thin_diamond marker|
+|'\|'|vline marker|
+|'_'|hline marker|
 
 
+##### Line Styles
 
+|character|description|
+|---|---|
+|'-'|solid line style|
+|'--'|dashed line style|
+|'-.'|dash-dot line style|
+|':'|dotted line style|
+
+
+##### Colors
+
+> The supported color abbreviations are the single letter codes
+
+|character|color|
+|---|---|
+|'b'|blue|
+|'g'|green|
+|'r'|red|
+|'c'|cyan|
+|'m'|magenta|
+|'y'|yellow|
+|'k'|black|
+|'w'|white|
+
+> and the **'CN'** colors that index into the default property cycle.
+
+> If the color is the only part of the format string, you can additionally use any matplotlib.colors spec, e.g. full names ('green') or hex strings ('#008000').
 
 ## [Managing Figure and Axes](https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/pyplot_summary.html#managing-figure-and-axes)