[Yt-dev] Proposed change of default colormap

[Britton Smith]

I like it.  Well done!

On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Matthew Turk <matthewturk at gmail.com> wrote:

> I like algae a lot.  Committed!
>
> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 5:45 PM, John Wise <jwise at astro.princeton.edu>
> wrote:
> > I agree with the change, also.  The shade of green reminds me of algae.
> >  Maybe that could be its name?  It's not punchy, but it's short!
> > John
> > On 1 Mar 2010, at 20:35, Britton Smith wrote:
> >
> > I support this move as well as changing the name.  Something short and
> > punchy.
> >
> > Britton
> >
> > 2010/2/26 Matthew Turk <matthewturk at gmail.com>
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I'd like to propose we change from "jet" as our default colormap to
> >> "bds_highcontrast".
> >>
> >> I've attached sample images of the same simulation -- I think
> >> bds_highcontrast (designed by our very own Britton, nearly two years
> >> ago now) is better looking and is easier to discern differences in.
> >> I've provided a patch that should make this change here:
> >>
> >> http://paste.enzotools.org/show/344/
> >>
> >> It applies to trunk.  If this goes through, we'll also make our plots
> >> slightly better distinguished, too, because this is a homegrown
> >> colormap.  (We also have the "kamae" colormap, created by Tune Kamae,
> >> that isn't in matplotlib and that I think is criminally underused
> >> overall.)
> >>
> >> Also, maybe it should be aliased as something in addition to
> >> "bds_highcontrast"?  Another name?
> >>
> >> -Matt
> >>
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