from ipythonblocks import BlockGrid grid = BlockGrid(10, 10, fill=(123, 234, 123)) grid WHITE = (255, 255, 255) RED = (255, 0, 0) GREEN = (0, 255, 0) BLUE = (0, 0, 255) grid = BlockGrid(10, 10, fill=(123, 234, 123)) for i in range(10): grid[9, i] = RED for i in range(10): grid[i, 9] = WHITE grid # Note -- you could do this in a single loop pretty easily: grid = BlockGrid(10, 10, fill=(123, 234, 123)) for i in range(10): grid[9, i] = RED grid[i, 9] = WHITE grid grid = BlockGrid(10, 10, fill=(123, 234, 123)) grid[0, 0] = WHITE grid[2, 2] = WHITE grid[4, 4] = WHITE grid[6, 6] = WHITE grid[8, 8] = WHITE grid # one way to do this is to use an if statement: grid = BlockGrid(10, 10, fill=(123, 234, 123)) for i in range(10): if i % 2 == 0: # if even grid[i, i] = WHITE grid # you can also do this by multiplying by 2: grid = BlockGrid(10, 10, fill=(123, 234, 123)) for i in range(5): # <-- only go up to 5 j = i*2 grid[j, j] = WHITE grid # or, if you go read up on the range function, you can have the range function do the counting for you! grid = BlockGrid(10, 10, fill=(123, 234, 123)) for i in range(0, 10, 2): # <-- step by 2 grid[i, i] = WHITE grid grid = BlockGrid(10, 10, fill=(123, 234, 123)) grid[:,0] = (0, 0, 0) grid[:,1] = (10, 0, 0) grid[:,2] = (20, 0, 0) grid[:,3] = (30, 0, 0) grid[:,4] = (40, 0, 0) grid[:,5] = (50, 0, 0) grid[:,6] = (60, 0, 0) grid[:,7] = (70, 0, 0) grid[:,8] = (80, 0, 0) grid[:,9] = (90, 0, 0) grid # probably the simplest way to do it is like so: grid = BlockGrid(10, 10, fill=(123, 234, 123)) for i in range(10): grid[i, :] = (i*10, 0, 0) grid # but, there are many, many ways to skin a cat: grid = BlockGrid(10, 10, fill=(123, 234, 123)) for i in range(0, 100, 10): grid[i / 10, :] = (i, 0, 0) grid