Bug summary

The docs for hist state

**kwargs
    `~matplotlib.patches.Patch` properties. The following properties
    additionally accept a sequence of values corresponding to the
    datasets in *x*:
    *edgecolors*, *facecolors*, *lines*, *linestyles*, *hatches*.

but this does not match actual behavior

Code for reproduction

from pylab import *
hist(randn(100), facecolor="red")  # works
hist(randn(100), fc="red")  # silently does nothing
hist(randn(100), facecolors="red")  # crashes (Rectangle.set() got an unexpected keyword argument 'facecolors')

# and likewise for edgecolor(s)

Actual outcome

See above.

Expected outcome

At least the documentation and the behavior should match. Bonus points if all three kwarg forms (facecolor/fc/facecolors) are supported.

Additional information

No response

Operating system

any

Matplotlib Version

3.10.0.dev645+gcb9cf3bbb1

Matplotlib Backend

any

Python version

3.12.2

Jupyter version

no

Installation

git checkout