Add optional color map parameter for confusion matrix

src/torchmetrics/classification/confusion_matrix.py

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 from torchmetrics.metric import Metric
 from torchmetrics.utilities.enums import ClassificationTask
 from torchmetrics.utilities.imports import _MATPLOTLIB_AVAILABLE
-from torchmetrics.utilities.plot import _AX_TYPE, _PLOT_OUT_TYPE, plot_confusion_matrix
+from torchmetrics.utilities.plot import _AX_TYPE, _CMAP_TYPE, _PLOT_OUT_TYPE, plot_confusion_matrix
 
 if not _MATPLOTLIB_AVAILABLE:
     __doctest_skip__ = [
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ def plot(
         ax: Optional[_AX_TYPE] = None,
         add_text: bool = True,
         labels: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+        cmap: Optional[_CMAP_TYPE] = None,
     ) -> _PLOT_OUT_TYPE:
         """Plot a single or multiple values from the metric.
 
@@ -160,6 +161,8 @@ def plot(
             ax: An matplotlib axis object. If provided will add plot to that axis
             add_text: if the value of each cell should be added to the plot
             labels: a list of strings, if provided will be added to the plot to indicate the different classes
+            cmap: matplotlib colormap to use for the confusion matrix
+                https://matplotlib.org/stable/users/explain/colors/colormaps.html
 
         Returns:
             Figure and Axes object
@@ -181,7 +184,7 @@ def plot(
         val = val if val is not None else self.compute()
         if not isinstance(val, Tensor):
             raise TypeError(f"Expected val to be a single tensor but got {val}")
-        fig, ax = plot_confusion_matrix(val, ax=ax, add_text=add_text, labels=labels)
+        fig, ax = plot_confusion_matrix(val, ax=ax, add_text=add_text, labels=labels, cmap=cmap)
         return fig, ax
 
 
@@ -292,6 +295,7 @@ def plot(
         ax: Optional[_AX_TYPE] = None,
         add_text: bool = True,
         labels: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+        cmap: Optional[_CMAP_TYPE] = None,
     ) -> _PLOT_OUT_TYPE:
         """Plot a single or multiple values from the metric.
 
@@ -301,6 +305,8 @@ def plot(
             ax: An matplotlib axis object. If provided will add plot to that axis
             add_text: if the value of each cell should be added to the plot
             labels: a list of strings, if provided will be added to the plot to indicate the different classes
+            cmap: matplotlib colormap to use for the confusion matrix
+                https://matplotlib.org/stable/users/explain/colors/colormaps.html
 
         Returns:
             Figure and Axes object
@@ -322,7 +328,7 @@ def plot(
         val = val if val is not None else self.compute()
         if not isinstance(val, Tensor):
             raise TypeError(f"Expected val to be a single tensor but got {val}")
-        fig, ax = plot_confusion_matrix(val, ax=ax, add_text=add_text, labels=labels)
+        fig, ax = plot_confusion_matrix(val, ax=ax, add_text=add_text, labels=labels, cmap=cmap)
         return fig, ax
 
 
@@ -436,6 +442,7 @@ def plot(
         ax: Optional[_AX_TYPE] = None,
         add_text: bool = True,
         labels: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+        cmap: Optional[_CMAP_TYPE] = None,
     ) -> _PLOT_OUT_TYPE:
         """Plot a single or multiple values from the metric.
 
@@ -445,6 +452,8 @@ def plot(
             ax: An matplotlib axis object. If provided will add plot to that axis
             add_text: if the value of each cell should be added to the plot
             labels: a list of strings, if provided will be added to the plot to indicate the different classes
+            cmap: matplotlib colormap to use for the confusion matrix
+                https://matplotlib.org/stable/users/explain/colors/colormaps.html
 
         Returns:
             Figure and Axes object
@@ -466,7 +475,7 @@ def plot(
         val = val if val is not None else self.compute()
         if not isinstance(val, Tensor):
             raise TypeError(f"Expected val to be a single tensor but got {val}")
-        fig, ax = plot_confusion_matrix(val, ax=ax, add_text=add_text, labels=labels)
+        fig, ax = plot_confusion_matrix(val, ax=ax, add_text=add_text, labels=labels, cmap=cmap)
         return fig, ax
 
 

src/torchmetrics/utilities/plot.py

@@ -28,11 +28,13 @@
 
     _PLOT_OUT_TYPE = Tuple[plt.Figure, Union[matplotlib.axes.Axes, np.ndarray]]
     _AX_TYPE = matplotlib.axes.Axes
+    _CMAP_TYPE = Union[matplotlib.colors.Colormap, str]
 
     style_change = plt.style.context
 else:
     _PLOT_OUT_TYPE = Tuple[object, object]  # type: ignore[misc]
     _AX_TYPE = object
+    _CMAP_TYPE = object  # type: ignore[misc]
 
     from contextlib import contextmanager
 
@@ -201,6 +203,7 @@ def plot_confusion_matrix(
     ax: Optional[_AX_TYPE] = None,
     add_text: bool = True,
     labels: Optional[List[Union[int, str]]] = None,
+    cmap: Optional[_CMAP_TYPE] = None,
 ) -> _PLOT_OUT_TYPE:
     """Plot an confusion matrix.
 
@@ -213,6 +216,8 @@ def plot_confusion_matrix(
         ax: Axis from a figure. If not provided, a new figure and axis will be created
         add_text: if text should be added to each cell with the given value
         labels: labels to add the x- and y-axis
+        cmap: matplotlib colormap to use for the confusion matrix
+            https://matplotlib.org/stable/users/explain/colors/colormaps.html
 
     Returns:
         A tuple consisting of the figure and respective ax objects (or array of ax objects) of the generated figure
@@ -248,7 +253,7 @@ def plot_confusion_matrix(
         ax = axs[i] if rows != 1 and cols != 1 else axs
         if fig_label is not None:
             ax.set_title(f"Label {fig_label[i]}", fontsize=15)
-        ax.imshow(confmat[i].cpu().detach() if confmat.ndim == 3 else confmat.cpu().detach())
+        ax.imshow(confmat[i].cpu().detach() if confmat.ndim == 3 else confmat.cpu().detach(), cmap=cmap)
         if i // cols == rows - 1:  # bottom row only
             ax.set_xlabel("Predicted class", fontsize=15)
         if i % cols == 0:  # leftmost column only