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Grayscale color map is interefering with 3D shading so despite having some advantages its also comes with drawbacks.<\/p>\n<p>So, what color maps do you use?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-235858","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I stumbled across a few articles and videos about data visualisation and what color maps are scientific. The default color map in Ansys is rainbow. For a lot of reasons rainbow seems to be a bad color map. I am wondering if somebody is actually changing the default color map. 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