Default Style Changes
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Colormap
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``matplotlib`` is changing the default colormap and styles in the
upcoming 2.0 release!
The new default color map will be 'viridis' (aka `option
D `_). For an introduction to color
theory and how 'viridis' was generated watch Nathaniel Smith and
SteĢfan van der Walt's talk from SciPy2015
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All four color maps will be included in matplotlib 1.5.
Everything Else
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We are soliciting proposals to change any and all visual defaults
(including adding new rcParams as needed).
If you have a proposal please create an issue or PR on `github `_ with the
changes to `rcsetup.py` and `matplotlibrc.template` by August 9, 2015.
In the second week of August, Micheal Droettboom and I will decide on
the new default styles, with the release of 2.0 by the beginning of
September 2015.
A 'classic' style sheet will be provided so reverting to the 1.x
default values will be a single line of python
(`mpl.style.use('classic')`).