Reading notes
A Better Default Colormap for Matplotlib | SciPy 2015 | Nathaniel Smith and Stéfan van der Walt
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.
Ideas to listen for
- 1viridis
- 2matplotlib
- 3colormaps
Discussion context
Hilarious talk convincing viewers to abandon Jet colormap
“This hilarious SciPy2015 talk[1] convinced me to switch to the Parula color scheme.”Open the source comment