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Mastering Matplotlib 2.x
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Mastering Matplotlib 2.x

by Benjamin Walter Keller
November 2018
Beginner to intermediate
214 pages
5h 2m
English
Packt Publishing
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Questions to ask when choosing a color map

Different color maps can perform better or worse at conveying metrics, letting the viewer know the value of pixels on the screen, and conveying form—showing how those pixels relate to one another. Whether or not form or metrics or both are important for a given image is really key to deciding what kind of color map to use for that image.

The different questions that can be asked when choosing a color map are as follows:

  • Do we need to think whether or not the shape, the value, or-again-both are important for that field?
  • Are there critical values or transitions in the data?
  • Are there ranges of numbers that really want to pop out to the viewer?
  • What is the intuitive choice of colors for the dataset? ...
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