How Bad Is Your Colormap? (2014)

Re:How Bad Is Your Colormap? (2014) by knolan on Friday April 12, 2019 @07:05PM (#19649823)

Matlab (somewhat) recently ditched jet as the default colourmap in favour of Parula.

Since most folks (typically students) simply use the default this should help end the tyranny of jet.

I do still like jet for on screen visualisation, the extra contrast can be useful.

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Re:How Bad Is Your Colormap? (2014) by bobbylarrybobby on Friday April 12, 2019 @07:08PM (#19649844)

Isn’t the whole point that the contrast is factually incorrect? It looks pretty but is a lie.

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Re:How Bad Is Your Colormap? (2014) by knolan on Saturday April 13, 2019 @08:34AM (#19652641)

Indeed, but when you’re looking at small variations in a gradient it’s a reasonable tool to use before you delve deeper.

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