Change default color map (Fix #875)

mdboom · mdboom · commit 28c632f7970d · 2016-01-25T17:28:12.000-05:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/rcsetup.py b/lib/matplotlib/rcsetup.py
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ def validate_hist_bins(s):
 
     'image.aspect':        ['equal', validate_aspect],  # equal, auto, a number
     'image.interpolation': ['nearest', six.text_type],
-    'image.cmap':          ['jet', six.text_type],        # one of gray, jet, etc
+    'image.cmap':          ['viridis', six.text_type],        # one of gray, jet, etc
     'image.lut':           [256, validate_int],  # lookup table
     'image.origin':        ['upper', six.text_type],  # lookup table
     'image.resample':      [False, validate_bool],
diff --git a/matplotlibrc.template b/matplotlibrc.template
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ backend      : $TEMPLATE_BACKEND
 ### IMAGES
 #image.aspect : equal             # equal | auto | a number
 #image.interpolation  : nearest   # see help(imshow) for options
-#image.cmap   : jet               # gray | jet etc...
+#image.cmap   : viridis           # A colormap name, gray etc...
 #image.lut    : 256               # the size of the colormap lookup table
 #image.origin : upper             # lower | upper
 #image.resample  : False
