Spectra
Languages and libraries
color library
SHOW HN2015
How HN took it
2 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score -0.14.
Idea: 2 for, 0 againstDocs: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful library for color scales
From 2 comments
This looks really useful. I've played around with colormaps in a few visualization projects, but I've never made the time to learn about the various color packages. What does…
japhyr on HNI'm most excited about the color scales. It looks like a helpful tool for situations where the standard colormaps in matplotlib/pyplot don't work well. Is that an appropriate use…
japhyr on HN
Documentation in nbviewer is a good fit
From 1 comment
I'm most excited about the color scales. It looks like a helpful tool for situations where the standard colormaps in matplotlib/pyplot don't work well. Is that an appropriate use…
japhyr on HN
Objections
Docs live on an external site and lack docstrings
From 1 comment
Unrelated to the library itself: I dislike when python projects have an external website containing the docs, and have no docstrings in the code itself. Not only is the code…
ekimekim on HN
Specification was unclear about color space and parameters
From 1 comment
Doesn't seem terribly well specified. Is the rgb space actually sRGB? And what is the parameter to brighten/darken/saturate/desaturate?
mark-r on HN
Out-of-gamut behaviour was unspecified
From 1 comment
What happens when the adjusted color goes out of gamut?
mark-r on HN
Requests
Add docstrings to the code
From 1 comment
Unrelated to the library itself: I dislike when python projects have an external website containing the docs, and have no docstrings in the code itself. Not only is the code…
ekimekim on HN
Document color space and adjustment parameters
From 1 comment
Doesn't seem terribly well specified. Is the rgb space actually sRGB? And what is the parameter to brighten/darken/saturate/desaturate?
mark-r on HN
Questions
Does this suit cases where matplotlib colormaps fail?
From 1 comment
I'm most excited about the color scales. It looks like a helpful tool for situations where the standard colormaps in matplotlib/pyplot don't work well. Is that an appropriate use…
japhyr on HN
What does it add over colormath and grapefruit?
From 1 comment
This looks really useful. I've played around with colormaps in a few visualization projects, but I've never made the time to learn about the various color packages. What does…
japhyr on HN
Alternatives named
OpenColorIO with Python bindings
From 1 comment
Looks like a very useful little library. Although, have you looked at OpenColourIO and its Python bindings? It is the VFX industry standard for working with colour spaces, most…
hellomrjack on HN
colormath
From 1 comment
This looks really useful. I've played around with colormaps in a few visualization projects, but I've never made the time to learn about the various color packages. What does…
japhyr on HN
grapefruit
From 1 comment
This looks really useful. I've played around with colormaps in a few visualization projects, but I've never made the time to learn about the various color packages. What does…
japhyr on HN
matplotlib colormaps
From 1 comment
I'm most excited about the color scales. It looks like a helpful tool for situations where the standard colormaps in matplotlib/pyplot don't work well. Is that an appropriate use…
japhyr on HN