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DOC: Add 'What's New' entry for 6 and 8 Petorff color cycles

* Note the addition of 'petroff6' and 'petroff8' and give an example of how to load them.

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	`1`	`+Six and eight color Petroff color cycles`
	`2`	`+----------------------------------------`
	`3`	`+`
	`4`	`+The six and eight color accessible Petroff color cycles are named 'petroff6' and`
	`5`	`+'petroff8'.`
	`6`	+They compliment the existing 'petroff10' color cycle, added in `Matplotlib 3.10.0`_
	`7`	`+`
	`8`	`+For more details see`
	`9`	+`Petroff, M. A.: "Accessible Color Sequences for Data Visualization"
	`10`	+<https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.02270>`_.
	`11`	`+To load these color cycles in place of the default::`
	`12`	`+`
	`13`	`+ import matplotlib.pyplot as plt`
	`14`	`+ plt.style.use('petroff6')`
	`15`	`+`
	`16`	`+or`
	`17`	`+`
	`18`	`+ import matplotlib.pyplot as plt`
	`19`	`+ plt.style.use('petroff8')`
	`20`	`+`
	`21`	`+.. _Matplotlib 3.10.0:https://matplotlib.org/stable/users/prev_whats_new/whats_new_3.10.0.html#new-more-accessible-color-cycle`

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