BUG: explore() using `cmap` instead of `color` attribute for *list-like of colors* when if `column` and `categorical` is set about geopandas HOT 4 OPEN

Thanks for reporting this @turbotimon, I'll let @martinfleis suggest what the best option is in terms of merging into one keyword or supporting both properly as currently documented.

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cmap works by accident and color does not work together with column. It is one or the other, we should probably document that better. We also should support mapping of colours to values in some way but that hasn't been implemented yet. It is part of the plotting refactoring project that is on the roadmap for 1.x release once 1.0 is out.

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color does not work together with column

I hope this is not intentional and also included in the plotting refactoring? As in my copy-paste example, it is very helpful to pass a list of colors along with a categorical column to give the categories a meaningful or more visible color compared to the map background.

Anyway, let me know if I can help with something.

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column should be used together with cmap to assign colours to values. color should be used alone to simply assign a color to a geometry. Not ideal, I'm aware.

The refactoring is not planned in detail yet but this use case will surely be included.

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