can anyone explain this format to me?
> _cool_data = {'red': ((0., 0., 0.), (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)),
> 'green': ((0., 1., 1.), (1.0, 0., 0.)), 'blue': ((0., 1.,
> 1.), (1.0, 1., 1.))}
Take a look at the help for the matplotlib.colors module at
http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/matplotlib.colors.html, in
particular
http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/matplotlib.colors.html#LinearSegmentedColormap
http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/matplotlib.colors.html#-makeMappingArray
JDH