import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

# x-coordinates of left sides of bars
left = [1,2,3,4,5]

#heights of bars
height = [10,24,36,40,5]

#labels for bars
tick_label = ['one','two','three','four','five']

# plotting a bar chart
plt.bar(left,height,tick_label = tick_label,
	width =0.8,color =['red','green'])

#naming the x-axis
plt.xlabel('x-axis')
plt.ylabel('y-axis')
plt.show()