def METHOD_NAME(gmm, ax):
    for n, color in enumerate(colors):
        if gmm.covariance_type == "full":
            covariances = gmm.covariances_[n][:2, :2]
        elif gmm.covariance_type == "tied":
            covariances = gmm.covariances_[:2, :2]
        elif gmm.covariance_type == "diag":
            covariances = np.diag(gmm.covariances_[n][:2])
        elif gmm.covariance_type == "spherical":
            covariances = np.eye(gmm.means_.shape[1]) * gmm.covariances_[n]
        v, w = np.linalg.eigh(covariances)
        u = w[0] / np.linalg.norm(w[0])
        angle = np.arctan2(u[1], u[0])
        angle = 180 * angle / np.pi  # convert to degrees
        v = 2.0 * np.sqrt(2.0) * np.sqrt(v)
        ell = mpl.patches.Ellipse(
            gmm.means_[n, :2], v[0], v[1], angle=180 + angle, color=color
        )
        ell.set_clip_box(ax.bbox)
        ell.set_alpha(0.5)
        ax.add_artist(ell)
        ax.set_aspect("equal", "datalim")