Re: [matplotlib-devel] release strategy and the color revolution

2015-04-05 Thread Nathaniel Smith
On Apr 5, 2015 8:29 PM, "gary ruben" wrote: > > Just wondering whether anyone has suggested checking candidate colormaps against typical printer color gamuts? How would you go about doing this in practice? Is it even possible to choose a subset of sRGB space and have printers take advantage of th

Re: [matplotlib-devel] release strategy and the color revolution

2015-04-05 Thread gary ruben
Just wondering whether anyone has suggested checking candidate colormaps against typical printer color gamuts? On 6 Apr 2015 1:11 pm, "Eric Firing" wrote: > On 2015/04/04 10:10 PM, Nathaniel Smith wrote: > >> We'd welcome any feedback from readers with non-simulated color >> deficiency! >> > > I

Re: [matplotlib-devel] release strategy and the color revolution

2015-04-05 Thread Eric Firing
On 2015/04/04 10:10 PM, Nathaniel Smith wrote: We'd welcome any feedback from readers with non-simulated color deficiency! I checked with my red-green color-blind colleague, Niklas Schneider, and his evaluation is attached. Eric --- Begin Message --- Hi Eric, the color scheme is good. To my

Re: [matplotlib-devel] release strategy and the color revolution

2015-04-05 Thread OceanWolf
I like it, but perhaps we should condense it to one word for ease of typing, how about "Redgauntlet"? It kind of feels appropriate (for those who need an explanation of why, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_guKhYVr5vA). On the colormap itself, it looks good apart from the fade into blue,

Re: [matplotlib-devel] release strategy and the color revolution

2015-04-05 Thread Olga Botvinnik
How about "pythonic sunset" ? On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 2:01 PM Benjamin Root wrote: > That is nice. The blue is a bit heavy, but that might be my display. Now, > how should we order it by default? I am used to thinking of blues as lower > values, and reds as higher. The yellow at the end throws me

Re: [matplotlib-devel] release strategy and the color revolution

2015-04-05 Thread Benjamin Root
That is nice. The blue is a bit heavy, but that might be my display. Now, how should we order it by default? I am used to thinking of blues as lower values, and reds as higher. The yellow at the end throws me off a bit, because I would think of it as a "weaker" color. Maybe if it was more gold-like

Re: [matplotlib-devel] release strategy and the color revolution

2015-04-05 Thread Nathaniel Smith
On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 12:46 AM, Eric Firing wrote: > On 2015/04/04 9:20 PM, Nathaniel Smith wrote: > >> While it's taking longer than hoped, just to reassure you that this >> isn't total vaporware, here's a screenshot from the colormap designer >> that Stéfan van der Walt and I have been working

Re: [matplotlib-devel] release strategy and the color revolution

2015-04-05 Thread Juan Nunez-Iglesias
<3 <3 <3 Love the prototype colormap!!!-- Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel softwar

Re: [matplotlib-devel] release strategy and the color revolution

2015-04-05 Thread Eric Firing
On 2015/04/04 9:20 PM, Nathaniel Smith wrote: > While it's taking longer than hoped, just to reassure you that this > isn't total vaporware, here's a screenshot from the colormap designer > that Stéfan van der Walt and I have been working on... still needs > fine-tuning (which at this point probab

Re: [matplotlib-devel] release strategy and the color revolution

2015-04-05 Thread Nathaniel Smith
On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 10:46 AM, Eric Firing wrote: > On 2015/02/18 2:39 PM, Nathaniel Smith wrote: >> >> On Feb 16, 2015 3:39 PM, "Eric Firing" wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 2015/02/16 1:29 PM, Michael Waskom wrote: >>> Nathaniel's January 9 message in that thread (can't figure out how to lin