Setting default parameters for imshow in pyplot
I find default visualization settings for images in matplotlib inconvenient. Usually I prefer to see images in grayscale color map and without smoothing. Thus I see actual data without distortions. Grayscale is easier to understand. 1 2 3 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt plt.rcParams['image.cmap'] = 'gray' plt.rcParams['image.interpolation'] = 'nearest' Compare default colors and interpolation: and after applying the settings: