Re: [matplotlib-devel] RFC: candidates for a new default colormap

2015-06-04 Thread Nathaniel Smith
On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 12:42 AM, Nathan Goldbaum wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 5:17 PM, Stéfan van der Walt > wrote: >> >> On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 5:08 PM, Nathan Goldbaum >> wrote: >> > I'm a big fan of option D. So much so that when I needed to make a >> > movie of >> > ony my galaxy simul

Re: [matplotlib-devel] RFC: candidates for a new default colormap

2015-06-04 Thread Nathaniel Smith
On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 3:32 PM, Benjamin Root wrote: > As for option D, my only apprehension for it is on the blue (purple?) end of > the scale. I can't really perceive any changes on that end and it just seems > like a solid color to me. Does it seem that way to anybody else? Maybe shift > the cu

Re: [matplotlib-devel] RFC: candidates for a new default colormap

2015-06-04 Thread Benjamin Root
... unless you have red-green colorblindness. I abhor using laser pointers during talks and instead use descriptive text such as "upper-left" or "in the middle". Also helps when only the slides and the audio is being recorded. As for option D, my only apprehension for it is on the blue (purple?) e

Re: [matplotlib-devel] RFC: candidates for a new default colormap

2015-06-04 Thread Eric Firing
On 2015/06/04 9:52 AM, Alexander Heger wrote: > When used in talks, you can see the green laser pointer > better on top of C. And perhaps a red laser pointer better on top of D? --

Re: [matplotlib-devel] RFC: candidates for a new default colormap

2015-06-04 Thread Alexander Heger
I think the very dark tones in Options A and B would make it harder to add annotations on top, so C and D are better for that. Between C and D I find that C looks slightly more "energetic", D is too rather calm though nice. When used in talks, you can see the green laser pointer better on top of

Re: [matplotlib-devel] RFC: candidates for a new default colormap

2015-06-04 Thread Nathaniel Smith
On Jun 4, 2015 9:28 AM, "Joe Kington" wrote: > > One other (admittedly very minor) consideration is how the colormaps look with shading applied. To borrow from the hillshading example: > > (The image appears to be too large to attatch. Try here: http://www.geology.beer/images/hillshaded.png) > >

Re: [matplotlib-devel] RFC: candidates for a new default colormap

2015-06-04 Thread Wolfram Jr., Phillip
Same here. I prefer D over the rest because of both its aesthetic and technical merits. Phil -- Phillip J. Wolfram, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Associate Climate, Ocean and Sea Ice Modeling T-3 Fluid Dynamics and Structural Mechanics Los Alamos Na

Re: [matplotlib-devel] RFC: candidates for a new default colormap

2015-06-04 Thread Joe Kington
One other (admittedly very minor) consideration is how the colormaps look with shading applied. To borrow from the hillshading example : (The image appears to be too large to attatch. Try here: http://

Re: [matplotlib-devel] RFC: candidates for a new default colormap

2015-06-04 Thread Juan Nunez-Iglesias
Fun activity: watch all 6 videos in a row then watch the text on this email spin and spin. =P Gorgeous! Thanks Nathan! I hope this kills C dead. It clearly makes certain features of the simulation harder to spot. A great demo of the terribleness of jet, too: it looks like a huge mess. On Thu, J

Re: [matplotlib-devel] RFC: candidates for a new default colormap

2015-06-04 Thread Nathan Goldbaum
On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 5:17 PM, Stéfan van der Walt wrote: > On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 5:08 PM, Nathan Goldbaum > wrote: > > I'm a big fan of option D. So much so that when I needed to make a > movie of > > ony my galaxy simulations today I went ahead and used it: > > > > https://youtu.be/bnm554et