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A Better Default Colormap for Matplotlib | SciPy 2015 | Nathaniel Smith and Stéfan van der Walt
Enthought · Jul 8, 2015 · 19m 9s
What this video covers
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 it surfaced in Hacker News
HN's go-to recommendation for colormap and color-perception questions; commenters call it funny, brief, clear and a favorite talk.
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Recommendation context
Short excerpts from positive mentions. Open the source to read the full Hacker News discussion.
“This hilarious SciPy2015 talk[1] convinced me to switch to the Parula color scheme.”
“One of my favorite talks ever is on this subject”
“I’d strongly recommend watching this presentation at SciPy 2015 where Viridis and Inferno were first presented”