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A Better Default Colormap for Matplotlib | SciPy 2015 | Nathaniel Smith and Stéfan van der Walt
Enthought · 15 recommenders · 14 months
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.
Why Hacker News readers recommend it: HN's go-to recommendation for colormap and color-perception questions; commenters call it funny, brief, clear and a favorite talk.
Data visualization & information designData science & statistics#viridis#matplotlib#colormaps#color perception#data visualization#colorblindness
“This hilarious SciPy2015 talk[1] convinced me to switch to the Parula color scheme.”
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