(sorry for top-posting) I does not appear to be possible in matplolibrc (1). But you can use matplotlib.cm.register_cmap to register new cmaps (2) such as these (3).
(Note: I did not try this) (1)http://matplotlib.org/1.4.0/users/customizing.html (2)http://matplotlib.org/api/cm_api.html (3)https://github.com/BIDS/colormap/blob/master/colormaps.py ________________________________ From: Python-list <python-list-bounces+sjeik_appie=hotmail....@python.org> on behalf of Martin Schöön <martin.sch...@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2017 8:42:29 PM To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: Adding colormaps? Den 2017-01-21 skrev Gilmeh Serda <gilmeh.ser...@nothing.here.invalid>: > On Wed, 18 Jan 2017 21:41:34 +0000, Martin Schöön wrote: > >> What I would like to do is to add the perceptually uniform sequential >> colormaps introduced in version 1.5.something. I would like to do this >> without breaking my Debian system in which Matplotlib version 1.4.2 is >> the newest version available in the repo. > > Haven't checked, but I assume you can get the source. Compile it but > don't install it and then use the result in virtualenv, maybe? > I am hoping for directions to a config file to download and place somewhere... /Martin -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list