diff --git a/figures/Schmidt2018_dyn/plotstyle.rc b/figures/Schmidt2018_dyn/plotstyle.rc
index ded0ecfe4185f653fddd6ab3988b75a8db893539..73563a3f77558a3c7396dc1e8335aac5c2786cf4 100644
--- a/figures/Schmidt2018_dyn/plotstyle.rc
+++ b/figures/Schmidt2018_dyn/plotstyle.rc
@@ -50,4 +50,5 @@ ps.useafm : False # use of afm fonts, results in small files
 ps.fonttype : 3 # Output Type 3 (Type3) or Type 42 (TrueType)
 
 # set different default color cycle
-axes.color_cycle : 4c72b0, 55a868, c44e52, 8172b2, ccb974, 64b5cd
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+# axes.color_cycle : 4c72b0, 55a868, c44e52, 8172b2, ccb974, 64b5cd
+axes.prop_cycle: cycler('color', ['4c72b0', '55a868', 'c44e52', '8172b2', 'ccb974', '64b5cd'])
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