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> if the rainbow colormap is so awful, why is it still so common? Because it's the default for a lot of matplotlib visualizations. Per Goethe: "Misunderstandi
by timy2shoes 5y ago
> if the rainbow colormap is so awful, why is it still so common?
Because it's the default for a lot of matplotlib visualizations. Per Goethe: "Misunderstandings and lethargy perhaps produce more wrong in the world than deceit and malice do."
- esyir 5y agoWhen I was a student, I too used it for a relatively banal reason: it looked pretty.