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Python matplotlib example 'colormap'
Functions in program:
def shiftedColorMap(cmap, start=0, midpoint=0.5, stop=1.0, name='shiftedcmap'):
Modules used in program:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib
import numpy as np
python colormap
Python matplotlib example: colormap
import numpy as np
import matplotlib
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1 import AxesGrid
# From the stack overflow answer at
# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7404116/defining-the-midpoint-of-a-colormap-in-matplotlib
def shiftedColorMap(cmap, start=0, midpoint=0.5, stop=1.0, name='shiftedcmap'):
'''
Function to offset the "center" of a colormap. Useful for
data with a negative min and positive max and you want the
middle of the colormap's dynamic range to be at zero
Input
-----
cmap : The matplotlib colormap to be altered
start : Offset from lowest point in the colormap's range.
Defaults to 0.0 (no lower ofset). Should be between
0.0 and `midpoint`.
midpoint : The new center of the colormap. Defaults to
0.5 (no shift). Should be between 0.0 and 1.0. In
general, this should be 1 - vmax/(vmax + abs(vmin))
For example if your data range from -15.0 to +5.0 and
you want the center of the colormap at 0.0, `midpoint`
should be set to 1 - 5/(5 + 15)) or 0.75
stop : Offset from highets point in the colormap's range.
Defaults to 1.0 (no upper ofset). Should be between
`midpoint` and 1.0.
'''
cdict = {
'red': [],
'green': [],
'blue': [],
'alpha': []
}
# regular index to compute the colors
reg_index = np.linspace(start, stop, 257)
# shifted index to match the data
shift_index = np.hstack([
np.linspace(0.0, midpoint, 128, endpoint=False),
np.linspace(midpoint, 1.0, 129, endpoint=True)
])
for ri, si in zip(reg_index, shift_index):
r, g, b, a = cmap(ri)
cdict['red'].append((si, r, r))
cdict['green'].append((si, g, g))
cdict['blue'].append((si, b, b))
cdict['alpha'].append((si, a, a))
newcmap = matplotlib.colors.LinearSegmentedColormap(name, cdict)
plt.register_cmap(cmap=newcmap)
return newcmap
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