Re: [Matplotlib-users] Fwd: [matplotlib-devel] RFC: candidates for a new default colormap

[Eric F. <ef...@ha...>]

On 2015/06/05 6:15 AM, Joe Kington wrote:
>     Hopefully I will have some time today to play around with the D
>     option. I want to see if I can shift the curve a bit to include more
>     yellows and orange so that it can have a mix of cool and warm colors.
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> I was thinking the same thing earlier.  Here's my attempt:

Joe,

Thank you--that's an interesting option.  It reminds me of the middle 
half of cubehelix in the Miscellaneous set:

http://matplotlib.org/examples/color/colormaps_reference.html

Cubehelix is also generated by an algorithm.

Your blu_grn_pink2 looks worth adding to the mpl collection.

Eric