Why is blues from light to dark while viridis is from dark to light? #3815
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Is this intentional? Is there a reason behind this decision? Thanks! |
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Jan 19, 2024
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They were designed by different people, for one. 😄 Also relevant is whether the data is being displayed against a dark or a light background. For example, blue is good against a light background, but not suitable against a dark one. viridis can probably be used in either (though tends to be used for heatmaps that fill an entire region with a quantitative color encoding). |
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They were designed by different people, for one. 😄 Also relevant is whether the data is being displayed against a dark or a light background. For example, blue is good against a light background, but not suitable against a dark one. viridis can probably be used in either (though tends to be used for heatmaps that fill an entire region with a quantitative color encoding).