How Matplotlib's Viridis Colormap Was Designed
Enthought · Talk · YouTube title: A Better Default Colormap for Matplotlib | SciPy 2015 | Nathaniel Smith and Stéfan van der Walt
Why it's here
HN's go-to recommendation for colormap and color-perception questions; commenters call it funny, brief, clear and a favorite talk.
What it 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.