# scipy.misc.face

scipy.misc.face(gray=False)

  Get a 1024 x 768, color image of a raccoon face.

  raccoon-procyon-lotor.jpg at http://www.public-domain-image.com

  Deprecated since version 1.10.0: `face` has been deprecated from `scipy.misc.face` in SciPy 1.10.0 and it will be completely removed in SciPy 1.12.0. Dataset methods have moved into the `scipy.datasets` module. Use `scipy.datasets.face` instead.

  Parameters:
    gray bool, optional

      If True return 8-bit grey-scale image, otherwise return a color image

  Returns:
    face ndarray

      image of a racoon face

  Examples

      >>> import scipy.misc
      >>> face = scipy.misc.face()
      >>> face.shape
      (768, 1024, 3)
      >>> face.max()
      255
      >>> face.dtype
      dtype('uint8')

      >>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
      >>> plt.gray()
      >>> plt.imshow(face)
      >>> plt.show()