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diff --git a/‎lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
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diff --git a/‎lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py
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@@ -4013,7 +4013,9 @@ def dopatch(xs, ys, **kwargs):
         return dict(whiskers=whiskers, caps=caps, boxes=boxes,
                     medians=medians, fliers=fliers, means=means)
 
-    def _parse_scatter_color_args(self, c, edgecolors, kwargs, xshape, yshape):
+    @staticmethod
+    def _parse_scatter_color_args(c, edgecolors, kwargs, xshape, yshape,
+                                  get_next_color_func):
         """
         Helper function to process color related arguments of `.Axes.scatter`.
 
@@ -4023,7 +4025,7 @@ def _parse_scatter_color_args(self, c, edgecolors, kwargs, xshape, yshape):
         - kwargs['facecolors']
         - kwargs['facecolor']
         - kwargs['color'] (==kwcolor)
-        - 'b' if in classic mode else next color from color cycle
+        - 'b' if in classic mode else the result of ``get_next_color_func()``
 
         Argument precedence for edgecolors:
 
@@ -4044,6 +4046,9 @@ def _parse_scatter_color_args(self, c, edgecolors, kwargs, xshape, yshape):
             Note: The dict is modified by this function.
         xshape, yshape : tuple of int
             The shape of the x and y arrays passed to `.Axes.scatter`.
+        get_next_color_func : callable
+            A callable that returns a color. This color is used as facecolor
+            if no other color is provided.
 
         Returns
         -------
@@ -4090,7 +4095,7 @@ def _parse_scatter_color_args(self, c, edgecolors, kwargs, xshape, yshape):
         if c is None:
             c = (facecolors if facecolors is not None
                  else "b" if rcParams['_internal.classic_mode']
-                 else self._get_patches_for_fill.get_next_color())
+                 else get_next_color_func())
 
         # After this block, c_array will be None unless
         # c is an array for mapping.  The potential ambiguity
@@ -4289,8 +4294,9 @@ def scatter(self, x, y, s=None, c=None, marker=None, cmap=None, norm=None,
         s = np.ma.ravel(s)  # This doesn't have to match x, y in size.
 
         c, colors, edgecolors = \
-            self._parse_scatter_color_args(c, edgecolors, kwargs,
-                                           xshape, yshape)
+            self._parse_scatter_color_args(
+                c, edgecolors, kwargs, xshape, yshape,
+                get_next_color_func=self._get_patches_for_fill.get_next_color)
 
         # `delete_masked_points` only modifies arguments of the same length as
         # `x`.
 
@@ -1793,19 +1793,30 @@ def test_scatter_color(self):
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize('c_case, re_key', params_test_scatter_c)
     def test_scatter_c(self, c_case, re_key):
+        def get_next_color():
+            return 'blue'  # currently unused
+
+        from matplotlib.axes import Axes
+
+        xshape = yshape = (4,)
+
         # Additional checking of *c* (introduced in #11383).
         REGEXP = {
             "shape": "^'c' argument has [0-9]+ elements",  # shape mismatch
             "conversion": "^'c' argument must be a mpl color",  # bad vals
             }
-        x = y = [0, 1, 2, 3]
-        fig, ax = plt.subplots()
 
         if re_key is None:
-            ax.scatter(x, y, c=c_case, edgecolors="black")
+            Axes._parse_scatter_color_args(
+                c=c_case, edgecolors="black", kwargs={},
+                xshape=xshape, yshape=yshape,
+                get_next_color_func=get_next_color)
         else:
             with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=REGEXP[re_key]):
-                ax.scatter(x, y, c=c_case, edgecolors="black")
+                Axes._parse_scatter_color_args(
+                    c=c_case, edgecolors="black", kwargs={},
+                    xshape=xshape, yshape=yshape,
+                    get_next_color_func=get_next_color)
 
 
 def _params(c=None, xshape=(2,), yshape=(2,), **kwargs):