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Noisy perceptual derivatives

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Description

I'm playing around with viscm and I noticed that all colormaps that I create end up with very noisy perceptual derivatives:

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test_cm.jscm.txt

This is not a problem with the built-in colormaps, so I assume it is not a problem with the viewer, but with the colormap creation process. Any clue of what might be going on here?

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Research direction

Start by loading the attached test_cm.jscm.txt in viscm and reproducing the noisy perceptual derivatives shown in the image. Compare the custom colormap with a built-in colormap, then trace whether the discrepancy comes from colormap creation or the viewer; done means identifying a reproducible cause and a concrete correction.

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Assessment

Tech stack
matplotlib, python
Domain
data-visualization
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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