def manual_legend(g, labels, colors, **legend_kwargs):
    """
    Adds a manual legend for a scatter plot to the visualizer where the labels
    and associated colors are drawn with circle patches instead of determining
    them from the labels of the artist objects on the axes. This helper is
    used either when there are a lot of duplicate labels, no labeled artists,
    or when the color of the legend doesn't exactly match the color in the
    figure (e.g. because of the use of transparency).

    Parameters
    ----------
    g : Visualizer or Axes object
        The graph to draw the legend on, either a Visualizer or a matplotlib
        Axes object. If None, the current axes are drawn on, but this is not
        recommended.

    labels : list of str
        The text labels to associate with the legend. Note that the labels
        will be added to the legend in the order specified.

    colors : list of colors
        A list of any valid matplotlib color reference. The number of colors
        specified must be equal to the number of labels.

    legend_kwargs : dict
        Any additional keyword arguments to pass to the legend.

    Returns
    -------
    legend: Legend artist
        The artist created by the ax.legend() call, returned for further
        manipulation if required by the caller.

    Notes
    -----
    Right now this method simply draws the patches as rectangles and cannot
    take into account the line or scatter plot properties (e.g. line style or
    marker style). It is possible to add Line2D patches to the artist that do
    add manual styles like this, which we can explore in the future.

    .. seealso:: https://matplotlib.org/gallery/text_labels_and_annotations/custom_legends.html
    """
    # Get access to the matplotlib Axes
    if isinstance(g, Visualizer):
        g = g.ax
    elif g is None:
        g = plt.gca()

    # Ensure that labels and colors are the same length to prevent odd behavior.
    if len(colors) != len(labels):
        raise YellowbrickValueError(
            "please specify the same number of colors as labels!"
        )

    # Create the legend handles with the associated colors and labels
    handles = [
        patches.Patch(color=color, label=label)
        for color, label in zip(colors, labels)
    ]

    # Return the Legend artist
    return g.legend(handles=handles, **legend_kwargs)