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multiple line(style,color,width) in make_addplot()

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Description

"https://github.com/matplotlib/mplfinance/blob/master/examples/addplot.ipynb" mentions about adding multiple columns to make_addplot() via a dataframe.
Ex: adding multiple lines for the (bbands,ADX,macd)

But the make_addplot() does not accept list of values for the linecolor,style,width etc.
Interestingly, the **label** keyword accepts list of lables

Since the function does accept multiple datasets, is it possible to color/style the lines in the same function call?
Ex:
mpl.make_addplot(
plot_df[["A","B" ,"C"]],
linestyle=["dashdot","dashed","dotted"],
width=[0.5,1,1.5],
panel=1,
color=["blue","green","black"],
label=["A","_" ,"C"],
)

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Start with the make_addplot() entry point and the examples/addplot.ipynb example mentioned in the issue. Inspect how multiple dataframe columns are handled and how color, linestyle, width, and label currently accept values. Done means one call can apply the corresponding style to each plotted column while preserving existing scalar and label behavior; validate it with the notebook example.

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Tech stack
matplotlib, python
Domain
data-visualization
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
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Newbie friendliness
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