[comp.sys.apollo] Color Maps

FERGUSON@TMASL.EXXON.COM (06/22/89)

Does anyone know of a standard set of color maps used for visualizing
temperatures? I've seen things in Ansys, etc. where temperature contours
are drawn using some sheme of blue->yellow->red, and I'm just curious
if there's a standard set of values for those color tables.

If anyone's got any tips on choosing good color tables, I'd love to
hear/see them. Mathematical formulas for their generation would be
great, or even just a table of 256 rgb values would be appreciated.

(I've only got 8-plane machines as of yet.)

Thanks,
Scott Ferguson
ferguson@erevax.bitnet
Exxon Research & Engineering
Annandale, NJ 08801