How To Change Colours In Plotly 3D Scatter - python-3.x

Question

I'm learning how to plot 3D scatters on Plotly using their example with my own data. Sample here
I can get the scatter to plot (it looks so cool) but I can't get the different data series points to appear as separate colours.
import plotly #load plotly for plotting
import plotly.plotly as py
from plotly import tools
from plotly.graph_objs import * #all the types of plots that we will plot here
plotly.offline.init_notebook_mode() # run at the start of every ipython notebook
trace1 = Scatter3d(
x = res,
y = lc,
z = spent,
mode='markers',
marker=dict(
size=12,
color=["z","y","x"], # set color to an array/list of desired values
colorscale='Viridis', # choose a colorscale
opacity=0.8
)
)
data = [trace1]
layout = Layout(
margin=dict(
l=0,
r=0,
b=0,
t=0
)
)
fig = Figure(data=data, layout=layout)
plotly.offline.iplot(fig, filename='3d-scatter-colorscale')
I've tried using other examples for separate sources e.g. Cambridge Spark but I just don't have the experience to figure out how to make it work.
I'm sure it's something simple that I've missed but can't see it.

Answer 1

I should've had one of my series as the marker point. In this case I used spent instead of a list of x, y, z
import plotly #load plotly for plotting
import plotly.plotly as py
from plotly import tools
from plotly.graph_objs import * #all the types of plots that we will plot here
plotly.offline.init_notebook_mode() # run at the start of every ipython notebook
trace1 = Scatter3d(
x = res,
y = lc,
z = spent,
mode='markers',
marker=dict(
size=12,
color=spent, # set color to an array/list of desired values
colorscale='Viridis', # choose a colorscale
opacity=0.8
)
)
data = [trace1]
layout = Layout(
margin=dict(
l=0,
r=0,
b=0,
t=0
)
)
fig = Figure(data=data, layout=layout)
plotly.offline.iplot(fig, filename='3d-scatter-colorscale')