Background color for cell id.

plot_transmission_timeline.py

     # create list fo color indices
     transmission_df["index"] = transmission_df.index
     color_dict = dict()
+    color_list = list()
     i = 0
-    for cell_id in transmission_df["cellID"].unique():
+    for cell_id in transmission_df["cellID"]:
         if cell_id not in color_dict:
             color_dict[cell_id] = i
             i += 1
+        color_list.append(color_dict[cell_id])
+
+    transmission_df["cell_color"] = color_list
+    color_dict = None
+    color_list = None
 
     cmap = matplotlib.cm.get_cmap("Set3")
-    for c in transmission_df["cellID"].unique():
-        bounds = transmission_df[["index", "cellID"]].groupby("cellID").agg(["min", "max"]).loc[c]
-        host.axvspan(bounds.min(), bounds.max(), alpha=0.3, color=cmap.colors[color_dict[c]])
+    for c in transmission_df["cell_color"].unique():
+        bounds = transmission_df[["index", "cell_color"]].groupby("cell_color").agg(["min", "max"]).loc[c]
+        host.axvspan(bounds.min(), bounds.max(), alpha=0.3, color=cmap.colors[c])
 
     plt.subplots_adjust()