df.hvplot.area(stacked=True, colors=[...]) gives different results for bokeh and matplotlib

[kdheepak]

ALL software version info

Software Version Info

hv.__version__

1.20.2

Description of expected behavior and the observed behavior

With bokeh:

With matplotlib:

Complete, minimal, self-contained example code that reproduces the issue

import holoviews as hv

hv.extension("matplotlib") 
# hv.extension("bokeh")

df = pd.DataFrame(
    {
        "Datetime": pd.to_datetime(
            [
                "2023-01-01 00:00:00",
                "2023-01-01 01:00:00",
                "2023-01-01 02:00:00",
                "2023-01-01 03:00:00",
                "2023-01-01 04:00:00",
            ]
        ),
        "Value": [1, 2, 3, 4, 5],
        "Value2": [5, 4, 3, 2, 1],
        "Value3": [2, 3, 4, 5, 6],
        "Value4": [6, 5, 4, 3, 2],
        "Value5": [3, 4, 5, 6, 7],
    }
)
area_plot = df.hvplot.area(
    stacked=True,
    alpha=0.7,
    color=["pink", "pink", "pink", "#d62728", "#9467bd"],
    xlabel="Datetime",
    ylabel="Value",
    legend=False,
    
)
area_plot

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• I may be interested in making a pull request to address this