I think it just won the poll [1] because it subjectively looks nicer. NJS, in that video, said something like: I don't care which wins, they're all so much bett

I think it just won the poll [1] because it subjectively looks nicer. NJS, in that video, said something like: I don't care which wins, they're all so much better than the current situation. But magma is a good choice too and it's also available in matplotlib. [1] http://bids.github.io/colormap/ http://bids.github.io/colormap/