diff --git a/MantidQt/API/src/MdConstants.cpp b/MantidQt/API/src/MdConstants.cpp
index 63d25f53d96826003a9a1a92b2a955bfc8337f9d..e773a253dce6b986774a3dc0c8e77203c533166c 100644
--- a/MantidQt/API/src/MdConstants.cpp
+++ b/MantidQt/API/src/MdConstants.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ namespace MantidQt
m_defaultBackgroundColor = QColor(84,89,109);
// Populate the optional color maps
- m_vsiColorMaps.append("Viridis");
+ m_vsiColorMaps.append("Viridis (matplotlib)");
m_vsiColorMaps.append("Cool to Warm");
m_vsiColorMaps.append("Blue to Red Rainbow");
m_vsiColorMaps.append("Red to Blue Rainbow");
diff --git a/MantidQt/API/src/MdPlottingCmapsProvider.cpp b/MantidQt/API/src/MdPlottingCmapsProvider.cpp
index dcb9d57c341b6743fda3ac35a6d286c552958a99..81b6176c99a5444fb4c38a5d1a219e2294a4bc79 100644
--- a/MantidQt/API/src/MdPlottingCmapsProvider.cpp
+++ b/MantidQt/API/src/MdPlottingCmapsProvider.cpp
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ namespace MantidQt{
#ifdef MAKE_VATES
vtkNew<vtkSMTransferFunctionPresets> presets;
- // Check for colormap "Viridis". If preset, assume custom colormaps have
+ // Check for colormap "hot". If preset, assume custom colormaps have
// already been loaded.
- auto viridisColormap = presets->GetFirstPresetWithName("Viridis");
+ auto viridisColormap = presets->GetFirstPresetWithName("hot");
if (viridisColormap.empty()) {
const std::string filenames[3] = {"All_slice_viewer_cmaps_for_vsi.json",
"All_idl_cmaps.json",
diff --git a/installers/colormaps/All_mpl_cmaps.json b/installers/colormaps/All_mpl_cmaps.json
index 9d7e96f0614ede8f778300d8ed453b7a2d643f53..af8927492c4c6b0993e3c2f5f836c919fee6a8c0 100644
--- a/installers/colormaps/All_mpl_cmaps.json
+++ b/installers/colormaps/All_mpl_cmaps.json
@@ -51498,1035 +51498,5 @@
1,
1
]
- },
- {
- "ColorSpace": "RGB",
- "Name": "Viridis",
- "RGBPoints": [
- 0.0,
- 0.267004,
- 0.004874,
- 0.329415,
- 0.003922,
- 0.26851,
- 0.009605,
- 0.335427,
- 0.007843,
- 0.269944,
- 0.014625,
- 0.341379,
- 0.011765,
- 0.271305,
- 0.019942,
- 0.347269,
- 0.015686,
- 0.272594,
- 0.025563,
- 0.353093,
- 0.019608,
- 0.273809,
- 0.031497,
- 0.358853,
- 0.023529,
- 0.274952,
- 0.037752,
- 0.364543,
- 0.027451,
- 0.276022,
- 0.044167,
- 0.370164,
- 0.031373,
- 0.277018,
- 0.050344,
- 0.375715,
- 0.035294,
- 0.277941,
- 0.056324,
- 0.381191,
- 0.039216,
- 0.278791,
- 0.062145,
- 0.386592,
- 0.043137,
- 0.279566,
- 0.067836,
- 0.391917,
- 0.047059,
- 0.280267,
- 0.073417,
- 0.397163,
- 0.05098,
- 0.280894,
- 0.078907,
- 0.402329,
- 0.054902,
- 0.281446,
- 0.08432,
- 0.407414,
- 0.058824,
- 0.281924,
- 0.089666,
- 0.412415,
- 0.062745,
- 0.282327,
- 0.094955,
- 0.417331,
- 0.066667,
- 0.282656,
- 0.100196,
- 0.42216,
- 0.070588,
- 0.28291,
- 0.105393,
- 0.426902,
- 0.07451,
- 0.283091,
- 0.110553,
- 0.431554,
- 0.078431,
- 0.283197,
- 0.11568,
- 0.436115,
- 0.082353,
- 0.283229,
- 0.120777,
- 0.440584,
- 0.086275,
- 0.283187,
- 0.125848,
- 0.44496,
- 0.090196,
- 0.283072,
- 0.130895,
- 0.449241,
- 0.094118,
- 0.282884,
- 0.13592,
- 0.453427,
- 0.098039,
- 0.282623,
- 0.140926,
- 0.457517,
- 0.101961,
- 0.28229,
- 0.145912,
- 0.46151,
- 0.105882,
- 0.281887,
- 0.150881,
- 0.465405,
- 0.109804,
- 0.281412,
- 0.155834,
- 0.469201,
- 0.113725,
- 0.280868,
- 0.160771,
- 0.472899,
- 0.117647,
- 0.280255,
- 0.165693,
- 0.476498,
- 0.121569,
- 0.279574,
- 0.170599,
- 0.479997,
- 0.12549,
- 0.278826,
- 0.17549,
- 0.483397,
- 0.129412,
- 0.278012,
- 0.180367,
- 0.486697,
- 0.133333,
- 0.277134,
- 0.185228,
- 0.489898,
- 0.137255,
- 0.276194,
- 0.190074,
- 0.493001,
- 0.141176,
- 0.275191,
- 0.194905,
- 0.496005,
- 0.145098,
- 0.274128,
- 0.199721,
- 0.498911,
- 0.14902,
- 0.273006,
- 0.20452,
- 0.501721,
- 0.152941,
- 0.271828,
- 0.209303,
- 0.504434,
- 0.156863,
- 0.270595,
- 0.214069,
- 0.507052,
- 0.160784,
- 0.269308,
- 0.218818,
- 0.509577,
- 0.164706,
- 0.267968,
- 0.223549,
- 0.512008,
- 0.168627,
- 0.26658,
- 0.228262,
- 0.514349,
- 0.172549,
- 0.265145,
- 0.232956,
- 0.516599,
- 0.176471,
- 0.263663,
- 0.237631,
- 0.518762,
- 0.180392,
- 0.262138,
- 0.242286,
- 0.520837,
- 0.184314,
- 0.260571,
- 0.246922,
- 0.522828,
- 0.188235,
- 0.258965,
- 0.251537,
- 0.524736,
- 0.192157,
- 0.257322,
- 0.25613,
- 0.526563,
- 0.196078,
- 0.255645,
- 0.260703,
- 0.528312,
- 0.2,
- 0.253935,
- 0.265254,
- 0.529983,
- 0.203922,
- 0.252194,
- 0.269783,
- 0.531579,
- 0.207843,
- 0.250425,
- 0.27429,
- 0.533103,
- 0.211765,
- 0.248629,
- 0.278775,
- 0.534556,
- 0.215686,
- 0.246811,
- 0.283237,
- 0.535941,
- 0.219608,
- 0.244972,
- 0.287675,
- 0.53726,
- 0.223529,
- 0.243113,
- 0.292092,
- 0.538516,
- 0.227451,
- 0.241237,
- 0.296485,
- 0.539709,
- 0.231373,
- 0.239346,
- 0.300855,
- 0.540844,
- 0.235294,
- 0.237441,
- 0.305202,
- 0.541921,
- 0.239216,
- 0.235526,
- 0.309527,
- 0.542944,
- 0.243137,
- 0.233603,
- 0.313828,
- 0.543914,
- 0.247059,
- 0.231674,
- 0.318106,
- 0.544834,
- 0.25098,
- 0.229739,
- 0.322361,
- 0.545706,
- 0.254902,
- 0.227802,
- 0.326594,
- 0.546532,
- 0.258824,
- 0.225863,
- 0.330805,
- 0.547314,
- 0.262745,
- 0.223925,
- 0.334994,
- 0.548053,
- 0.266667,
- 0.221989,
- 0.339161,
- 0.548752,
- 0.270588,
- 0.220057,
- 0.343307,
- 0.549413,
- 0.27451,
- 0.21813,
- 0.347432,
- 0.550038,
- 0.278431,
- 0.21621,
- 0.351535,
- 0.550627,
- 0.282353,
- 0.214298,
- 0.355619,
- 0.551184,
- 0.286275,
- 0.212395,
- 0.359683,
- 0.55171,
- 0.290196,
- 0.210503,
- 0.363727,
- 0.552206,
- 0.294118,
- 0.208623,
- 0.367752,
- 0.552675,
- 0.298039,
- 0.206756,
- 0.371758,
- 0.553117,
- 0.301961,
- 0.204903,
- 0.375746,
- 0.553533,
- 0.305882,
- 0.203063,
- 0.379716,
- 0.553925,
- 0.309804,
- 0.201239,
- 0.38367,
- 0.554294,
- 0.313725,
- 0.19943,
- 0.387607,
- 0.554642,
- 0.317647,
- 0.197636,
- 0.391528,
- 0.554969,
- 0.321569,
- 0.19586,
- 0.395433,
- 0.555276,
- 0.32549,
- 0.1941,
- 0.399323,
- 0.555565,
- 0.329412,
- 0.192357,
- 0.403199,
- 0.555836,
- 0.333333,
- 0.190631,
- 0.407061,
- 0.556089,
- 0.337255,
- 0.188923,
- 0.41091,
- 0.556326,
- 0.341176,
- 0.187231,
- 0.414746,
- 0.556547,
- 0.345098,
- 0.185556,
- 0.41857,
- 0.556753,
- 0.34902,
- 0.183898,
- 0.422383,
- 0.556944,
- 0.352941,
- 0.182256,
- 0.426184,
- 0.55712,
- 0.356863,
- 0.180629,
- 0.429975,
- 0.557282,
- 0.360784,
- 0.179019,
- 0.433756,
- 0.55743,
- 0.364706,
- 0.177423,
- 0.437527,
- 0.557565,
- 0.368627,
- 0.175841,
- 0.44129,
- 0.557685,
- 0.372549,
- 0.174274,
- 0.445044,
- 0.557792,
- 0.376471,
- 0.172719,
- 0.448791,
- 0.557885,
- 0.380392,
- 0.171176,
- 0.45253,
- 0.557965,
- 0.384314,
- 0.169646,
- 0.456262,
- 0.55803,
- 0.388235,
- 0.168126,
- 0.459988,
- 0.558082,
- 0.392157,
- 0.166617,
- 0.463708,
- 0.558119,
- 0.396078,
- 0.165117,
- 0.467423,
- 0.558141,
- 0.4,
- 0.163625,
- 0.471133,
- 0.558148,
- 0.403922,
- 0.162142,
- 0.474838,
- 0.55814,
- 0.407843,
- 0.160665,
- 0.47854,
- 0.558115,
- 0.411765,
- 0.159194,
- 0.482237,
- 0.558073,
- 0.415686,
- 0.157729,
- 0.485932,
- 0.558013,
- 0.419608,
- 0.15627,
- 0.489624,
- 0.557936,
- 0.423529,
- 0.154815,
- 0.493313,
- 0.55784,
- 0.427451,
- 0.153364,
- 0.497,
- 0.557724,
- 0.431373,
- 0.151918,
- 0.500685,
- 0.557587,
- 0.435294,
- 0.150476,
- 0.504369,
- 0.55743,
- 0.439216,
- 0.149039,
- 0.508051,
- 0.55725,
- 0.443137,
- 0.147607,
- 0.511733,
- 0.557049,
- 0.447059,
- 0.14618,
- 0.515413,
- 0.556823,
- 0.45098,
- 0.144759,
- 0.519093,
- 0.556572,
- 0.454902,
- 0.143343,
- 0.522773,
- 0.556295,
- 0.458824,
- 0.141935,
- 0.526453,
- 0.555991,
- 0.462745,
- 0.140536,
- 0.530132,
- 0.555659,
- 0.466667,
- 0.139147,
- 0.533812,
- 0.555298,
- 0.470588,
- 0.13777,
- 0.537492,
- 0.554906,
- 0.47451,
- 0.136408,
- 0.541173,
- 0.554483,
- 0.478431,
- 0.135066,
- 0.544853,
- 0.554029,
- 0.482353,
- 0.133743,
- 0.548535,
- 0.553541,
- 0.486275,
- 0.132444,
- 0.552216,
- 0.553018,
- 0.490196,
- 0.131172,
- 0.555899,
- 0.552459,
- 0.494118,
- 0.129933,
- 0.559582,
- 0.551864,
- 0.498039,
- 0.128729,
- 0.563265,
- 0.551229,
- 0.501961,
- 0.127568,
- 0.566949,
- 0.550556,
- 0.505882,
- 0.126453,
- 0.570633,
- 0.549841,
- 0.509804,
- 0.125394,
- 0.574318,
- 0.549086,
- 0.513725,
- 0.124395,
- 0.578002,
- 0.548287,
- 0.517647,
- 0.123463,
- 0.581687,
- 0.547445,
- 0.521569,
- 0.122606,
- 0.585371,
- 0.546557,
- 0.52549,
- 0.121831,
- 0.589055,
- 0.545623,
- 0.529412,
- 0.121148,
- 0.592739,
- 0.544641,
- 0.533333,
- 0.120565,
- 0.596422,
- 0.543611,
- 0.537255,
- 0.120092,
- 0.600104,
- 0.54253,
- 0.541176,
- 0.119738,
- 0.603785,
- 0.5414,
- 0.545098,
- 0.119512,
- 0.607464,
- 0.540218,
- 0.54902,
- 0.119423,
- 0.611141,
- 0.538982,
- 0.552941,
- 0.119483,
- 0.614817,
- 0.537692,
- 0.556863,
- 0.119699,
- 0.61849,
- 0.536347,
- 0.560784,
- 0.120081,
- 0.622161,
- 0.534946,
- 0.564706,
- 0.120638,
- 0.625828,
- 0.533488,
- 0.568627,
- 0.12138,
- 0.629492,
- 0.531973,
- 0.572549,
- 0.122312,
- 0.633153,
- 0.530398,
- 0.576471,
- 0.123444,
- 0.636809,
- 0.528763,
- 0.580392,
- 0.12478,
- 0.640461,
- 0.527068,
- 0.584314,
- 0.126326,
- 0.644107,
- 0.525311,
- 0.588235,
- 0.128087,
- 0.647749,
- 0.523491,
- 0.592157,
- 0.130067,
- 0.651384,
- 0.521608,
- 0.596078,
- 0.132268,
- 0.655014,
- 0.519661,
- 0.6,
- 0.134692,
- 0.658636,
- 0.517649,
- 0.603922,
- 0.137339,
- 0.662252,
- 0.515571,
- 0.607843,
- 0.14021,
- 0.665859,
- 0.513427,
- 0.611765,
- 0.143303,
- 0.669459,
- 0.511215,
- 0.615686,
- 0.146616,
- 0.67305,
- 0.508936,
- 0.619608,
- 0.150148,
- 0.676631,
- 0.506589,
- 0.623529,
- 0.153894,
- 0.680203,
- 0.504172,
- 0.627451,
- 0.157851,
- 0.683765,
- 0.501686,
- 0.631373,
- 0.162016,
- 0.687316,
- 0.499129,
- 0.635294,
- 0.166383,
- 0.690856,
- 0.496502,
- 0.639216,
- 0.170948,
- 0.694384,
- 0.493803,
- 0.643137,
- 0.175707,
- 0.6979,
- 0.491033,
- 0.647059,
- 0.180653,
- 0.701402,
- 0.488189,
- 0.65098,
- 0.185783,
- 0.704891,
- 0.485273,
- 0.654902,
- 0.19109,
- 0.708366,
- 0.482284,
- 0.658824,
- 0.196571,
- 0.711827,
- 0.479221,
- 0.662745,
- 0.202219,
- 0.715272,
- 0.476084,
- 0.666667,
- 0.20803,
- 0.718701,
- 0.472873,
- 0.670588,
- 0.214,
- 0.722114,
- 0.469588,
- 0.67451,
- 0.220124,
- 0.725509,
- 0.466226,
- 0.678431,
- 0.226397,
- 0.728888,
- 0.462789,
- 0.682353,
- 0.232815,
- 0.732247,
- 0.459277,
- 0.686275,
- 0.239374,
- 0.735588,
- 0.455688,
- 0.690196,
- 0.24607,
- 0.73891,
- 0.452024,
- 0.694118,
- 0.252899,
- 0.742211,
- 0.448284,
- 0.698039,
- 0.259857,
- 0.745492,
- 0.444467,
- 0.701961,
- 0.266941,
- 0.748751,
- 0.440573,
- 0.705882,
- 0.274149,
- 0.751988,
- 0.436601,
- 0.709804,
- 0.281477,
- 0.755203,
- 0.432552,
- 0.713725,
- 0.288921,
- 0.758394,
- 0.428426,
- 0.717647,
- 0.296479,
- 0.761561,
- 0.424223,
- 0.721569,
- 0.304148,
- 0.764704,
- 0.419943,
- 0.72549,
- 0.311925,
- 0.767822,
- 0.415586,
- 0.729412,
- 0.319809,
- 0.770914,
- 0.411152,
- 0.733333,
- 0.327796,
- 0.77398,
- 0.40664,
- 0.737255,
- 0.335885,
- 0.777018,
- 0.402049,
- 0.741176,
- 0.344074,
- 0.780029,
- 0.397381,
- 0.745098,
- 0.35236,
- 0.783011,
- 0.392636,
- 0.74902,
- 0.360741,
- 0.785964,
- 0.387814,
- 0.752941,
- 0.369214,
- 0.788888,
- 0.382914,
- 0.756863,
- 0.377779,
- 0.791781,
- 0.377939,
- 0.760784,
- 0.386433,
- 0.794644,
- 0.372886,
- 0.764706,
- 0.395174,
- 0.797475,
- 0.367757,
- 0.768627,
- 0.404001,
- 0.800275,
- 0.362552,
- 0.772549,
- 0.412913,
- 0.803041,
- 0.357269,
- 0.776471,
- 0.421908,
- 0.805774,
- 0.35191,
- 0.780392,
- 0.430983,
- 0.808473,
- 0.346476,
- 0.784314,
- 0.440137,
- 0.811138,
- 0.340967,
- 0.788235,
- 0.449368,
- 0.813768,
- 0.335384,
- 0.792157,
- 0.458674,
- 0.816363,
- 0.329727,
- 0.796078,
- 0.468053,
- 0.818921,
- 0.323998,
- 0.8,
- 0.477504,
- 0.821444,
- 0.318195,
- 0.803922,
- 0.487026,
- 0.823929,
- 0.312321,
- 0.807843,
- 0.496615,
- 0.826376,
- 0.306377,
- 0.811765,
- 0.506271,
- 0.828786,
- 0.300362,
- 0.815686,
- 0.515992,
- 0.831158,
- 0.294279,
- 0.819608,
- 0.525776,
- 0.833491,
- 0.288127,
- 0.823529,
- 0.535621,
- 0.835785,
- 0.281908,
- 0.827451,
- 0.545524,
- 0.838039,
- 0.275626,
- 0.831373,
- 0.555484,
- 0.840254,
- 0.269281,
- 0.835294,
- 0.565498,
- 0.84243,
- 0.262877,
- 0.839216,
- 0.575563,
- 0.844566,
- 0.256415,
- 0.843137,
- 0.585678,
- 0.846661,
- 0.249897,
- 0.847059,
- 0.595839,
- 0.848717,
- 0.243329,
- 0.85098,
- 0.606045,
- 0.850733,
- 0.236712,
- 0.854902,
- 0.616293,
- 0.852709,
- 0.230052,
- 0.858824,
- 0.626579,
- 0.854645,
- 0.223353,
- 0.862745,
- 0.636902,
- 0.856542,
- 0.21662,
- 0.866667,
- 0.647257,
- 0.8584,
- 0.209861,
- 0.870588,
- 0.657642,
- 0.860219,
- 0.203082,
- 0.87451,
- 0.668054,
- 0.861999,
- 0.196293,
- 0.878431,
- 0.678489,
- 0.863742,
- 0.189503,
- 0.882353,
- 0.688944,
- 0.865448,
- 0.182725,
- 0.886275,
- 0.699415,
- 0.867117,
- 0.175971,
- 0.890196,
- 0.709898,
- 0.868751,
- 0.169257,
- 0.894118,
- 0.720391,
- 0.87035,
- 0.162603,
- 0.898039,
- 0.730889,
- 0.871916,
- 0.156029,
- 0.901961,
- 0.741388,
- 0.873449,
- 0.149561,
- 0.905882,
- 0.751884,
- 0.874951,
- 0.143228,
- 0.909804,
- 0.762373,
- 0.876424,
- 0.137064,
- 0.913725,
- 0.772852,
- 0.877868,
- 0.131109,
- 0.917647,
- 0.783315,
- 0.879285,
- 0.125405,
- 0.921569,
- 0.79376,
- 0.880678,
- 0.120005,
- 0.92549,
- 0.804182,
- 0.882046,
- 0.114965,
- 0.929412,
- 0.814576,
- 0.883393,
- 0.110347,
- 0.933333,
- 0.82494,
- 0.88472,
- 0.106217,
- 0.937255,
- 0.83527,
- 0.886029,
- 0.102646,
- 0.941176,
- 0.845561,
- 0.887322,
- 0.099702,
- 0.945098,
- 0.85581,
- 0.888601,
- 0.097452,
- 0.94902,
- 0.866013,
- 0.889868,
- 0.095953,
- 0.952941,
- 0.876168,
- 0.891125,
- 0.09525,
- 0.956863,
- 0.886271,
- 0.892374,
- 0.095374,
- 0.960784,
- 0.89632,
- 0.893616,
- 0.096335,
- 0.964706,
- 0.906311,
- 0.894855,
- 0.098125,
- 0.968627,
- 0.916242,
- 0.896091,
- 0.100717,
- 0.972549,
- 0.926106,
- 0.89733,
- 0.104071,
- 0.976471,
- 0.935904,
- 0.89857,
- 0.108131,
- 0.980392,
- 0.945636,
- 0.899815,
- 0.112838,
- 0.984314,
- 0.9553,
- 0.901065,
- 0.118128,
- 0.988235,
- 0.964894,
- 0.902323,
- 0.123941,
- 0.992157,
- 0.974417,
- 0.90359,
- 0.130215,
- 0.996078,
- 0.983868,
- 0.904867,
- 0.136897,
- 1.0,
- 0.993248,
- 0.906157,
- 0.143936
- ]
}
]