what's a "patch" for?

At this address:

http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/api/artist_api.html#matplotlib.patches.Patch

I found the following description of a "patch"

"A patch is a 2D thingy with a face color and an edge color."

Could someone expand?  Why use it? When to use it? What does it look like? 

thanks

Marc Desmarais



      
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