More Python Color maps: cmocean

Additional, built-in colormaps can be found by importing cmocean
http://matplotlib.org/cmocean/

import cmocean
plt.plot(data, cmpa=cmocean.cm.temperature)

Options:

• temperature
• salinity
• par
• gray
• oxygen
• bathymetry
• density
• chlorophyll
• CDOM
• turbidity
• speed
• waveheight
• waveperiod
• phase
• freesurface
• velocity
• vorticity

Don't use the Jet colormap!
http://www.research.ibm.com/people/l/lloydt/color/color.HTM