============================== MEP21: color and cm refactor ============================== .. contents:: :local: Status ====== - **Discussion**: This MEP has not commenced yet, but here are some ongoing ideas which may become a part of this MEP: Branches and Pull requests ========================== Abstract ======== * color * tidy up the namespace * Define a "Color" class * make it easy to convert from one color type to another ```hex -> RGB```, ```RGB -> hex```, ```HSV -> RGB``` etc. * improve the construction of a colormap - the dictionary approach is archaic and overly complex (though incredibly powerful) * make it possible to interpolate between two or more color types in different modes, especially useful for construction of colormaps in HSV space for instance * cm * rename the module to something more descriptive - mappables? Overall, there are a lot of improvements that can be made with matplotlib color handling - managing backwards compatibility will be difficult as there are some badly named variables/modules which really shouldn't exist - but a clear path and message for migration should be available, with a large amount of focus on this in the API changes documentation. Detailed description ==================== Implementation ============== Backward compatibility ====================== Alternatives ============