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 C.
-Alexander On 3 June 2015 at 11:46, Nathaniel Smith <n...@pobox.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > As was hinted at in a previous thread, Stéfan van der Walt and I have > been using some Fancy Color Technology to attempt to design a new > colormap intended to become matplotlib's new default. (Down with jet!) > > Unfortunately, while our Fancy Color Technology includes a > computational model of perceptual distance, it does not include a > computational model of aesthetics. So this is where you come in. > > We've put up three reasonable candidates at: > https://bids.github.io/colormap/ > (along with some well-known colormaps for comparison), and we'd like > your feedback. > > They are all optimal on all of the objective criteria we know how to > measure. What we need judgements on is which one you like best, both > aesthetically and as a way of visualizing data. (There are some sample > plots to look at there, plus you can download them and play with them > on your own data if you want.) > > We especially value input from anyone with anomalous color vision. > There are some simulations there, but computational models are > inherently limited here. (It's difficult to ask someone with > colorblindness "does this look to you, the same way this other picture > looks to me?") > > -n > > -- > Nathaniel J. Smith -- http://vorpus.org > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-devel mailing list > Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
