Using pandas 0.17.1 with matplotlib 1.5: ``` python import pandas as pd import matplotlib.pyplot as plt plt.style.use('ggplot') data = pd.DataFrame({'1': [1, 2, 3], '2': [3, 5, 1]}) data.plot(kind='bar') plt.savefig('test.png', dpi=300) ``` Results in  Which uses the colors of matplotlibs default style, not of `ggplot`. Using matplotlib 1.4.3 the correct colors are used: 