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Documented HN sourceHN 22.5
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A Better Default Colormap for Matplotlib | SciPy 2015 | Nathaniel Smith and Stéfan van der Walt
Enthought · Discussed on HN from 2015 to 2026
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- 01viridis
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- 03colormaps
SciPy 2015 talk by Nathaniel Smith and Stefan van der Walt on choosing a new default colormap for Matplotlib. It covers why Jet misleads, how perceptual color spaces work, and how viridis was designed.
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Hilarious talk convincing viewers to abandon Jet colormap
“This hilarious SciPy2015 talk[1] convinced me to switch to the Parula color scheme.”Read the original HN comment
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