def palplot(pal, size=1):
    """Plot the values in a color palette as a horizontal array.

    Parameters
    ----------
    pal : sequence of matplotlib colors
        colors, i.e. as returned by seaborn.color_palette()
    size :
        scaling factor for size of plot

    """
    n = len(pal)
    f, ax = plt.subplots(1, 1, figsize=(n * size, size))
    ax.imshow(np.arange(n).reshape(1, n),
              cmap=mpl.colors.ListedColormap(list(pal)),
              interpolation="nearest", aspect="auto")
    ax.set_xticks(np.arange(n) - .5)
    ax.set_yticks([-.5, .5])
    # Ensure nice border between colors
    ax.set_xticklabels(["" for _ in range(n)])
    # The proper way to set no ticks
    ax.yaxis.set_major_locator(ticker.NullLocator())