viridis_white: a modified viridis colormap

viridis_white is a variant of the Viridis colormap that replaces the yellow sequence with a white one.

viridis_white: a modified viridis colormap

Summary

The viridis_white colormap is a modification of the Viridis colormap that was introduced in Matplotlib in 2015. In viridis_white, the yellowish sequence is replaced by a white sequence. It allows some additional flexibility when it comes to using a colormap on a white background.

The viridis_white colormap is based on the following Python implementation: https://docs.obspy.org/packages/autogen/obspy.imaging.cm.html

Content

The present submission contains

• viridis_white.m: the function that creates the viridis_white colormap
• viridis.m: the viridis colormap in Matlab for comparison purpose [1]
• Documentation.mlx: A Matlab LiveScript that illustrates how th viridis_white colormap looks like can be used

Any comment, question or suggestion is welcome

Example

References

[1] Ander Biguri (2021). Perceptually uniform colormaps (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/51986-perceptually-uniform-colormaps), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved June 9, 2021.