> if the rainbow colormap is so awful, why is it still so common?
Because it's the default for a lot of matplotlib visualizations. Per Goethe: "Misunderstandings and lethargy perhaps produce more wrong in the world than deceit and malice do."
Because it's the default for a lot of matplotlib visualizations. Per Goethe: "Misunderstandings and lethargy perhaps produce more wrong in the world than deceit and malice do."