import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib as mpl
def reverse_colourmap(cmap, name = 'my_cmap_r'):
"""
In:
cmap, name
Out:
my_cmap_r
Explanation:
t[0] goes from 0 to 1
row i: x y0 y1 -> t[0] t[1] t[2]
/
/
row i+1: x y0 y1 -> t[n] t[1] t[2]
so the inverse should do the same:
row i+1: x y1 y0 -> 1-t[0] t[2] t[1]
/
/
row i: x y1 y0 -> 1-t[n] t[2] t[1]
"""
reverse = []
k = []
for key in cmap._segmentdata:
k.append(key)
channel = cmap._segmentdata[key]
data = []
for t in channel:
data.append((1-t[0],t[2],t[1]))
reverse.append(sorted(data))
LinearL = dict(zip(k,reverse))
my_cmap_r = mpl.colors.LinearSegmentedColormap(name, LinearL)
return my_cmap_r