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For backwards compatibility, this\r\n            defaults to \"hsv\". Note that for most topographic surfaces,\r\n            \"overlay\" or \"soft\" appear more visually realistic. If a\r\n```\r\n\r\nSounds like a good candidate for a 2.0 change to me. AFAIK the HSV space is never the best option for pretty much anything :-)."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/matplotlib/matplotlib/issues/comments/154894763","html_url":"https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/issues/4700#issuecomment-154894763","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/matplotlib/matplotlib/issues/4700","id":154894763,"user":{"login":"mdboom","id":38294,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/38294?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/mdboom","html_url":"https://github.com/mdboom","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mdboom/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mdboom/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mdboom/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mdboom/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mdboom/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mdboom/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mdboom/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mdboom/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mdboom/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-11-09T00:59:08Z","updated_at":"2015-11-09T00:59:08Z","body":"Which of 'overlay' or 'soft' would be the best default?"}}