# Odd line in Viridis colormap when "Discretize" is off

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/odd-line-in-viridis-colormap-when-discretize-is-off/9029
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [February 21, 2022, 9:48pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/odd-line-in-viridis-colormap-when-discretize-is-off/9029 "2022-02-21T21:48:02Z")
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### Author: ![GregVernon](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/gregvernon/32/1494_2.png) [@GregVernon](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/GregVernon)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2022, 9:48pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/odd-line-in-viridis-colormap-when-discretize-is-off/9029/1 "2022-02-21T21:48:02Z")

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I’ve noticed that if you use the `viridis` colormap with the `Discretize` option unselected, that a random pink-ish line shows up in the colormap. See images below, coloring the z-normals on a sphere source. I’ve checked some of the other colormaps, but this appears to be limited to `viridis`.

### Discretize “On”

 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/6/689b87aa8dbb5687ab26ba76bef8efb5cc7ffbd1.jpeg)

### Discretize “Off”

 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/2/26d3b095572f3b33debf51afea3a4fcfd8b225c0.jpeg)

### ParaView Client Information

```auto
Client Information:
Version: 5.10.0
VTK Version: 
Qt Version: 5.15.2
vtkIdType size: 64bits
Embedded Python: On
Python Library Path: C:\Program Files\ParaView 5.10.0-Windows-Python3.9-msvc2017-AMD64\bin\lib
Python Library Version: 3.9.5 (tags/v3.9.5:0a7dcbd, May 3 2021, 17:27:52) [MSC v.1928 64 bit (AMD64)]
Python Numpy Support: On
Python Numpy Path: C:\Program Files\ParaView 5.10.0-Windows-Python3.9-msvc2017-AMD64\bin\Lib\site-packages\numpy
Python Numpy Version: 1.21.1
Python Matplotlib Support: On
Python Matplotlib Path: C:\Program Files\ParaView 5.10.0-Windows-Python3.9-msvc2017-AMD64\bin\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib
Python Matplotlib Version: 3.2.1
Python Testing: Off
MPI Enabled: Off
ParaView Build ID: superbuild e4e1b35a519ba8ca57f839d72eae6e909aefbf6f (!951)
Disable Registry: Off
Test Directory: 
Data Directory: 
SMP Backend: TBB
SMP Max Number of Threads: 8
OpenGL Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL Version: 3.2.0 NVIDIA 471.41
OpenGL Renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER/PCIe/SSE2

Connection Information:
Remote Connection: No

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### Author: ![cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/cory.quammen/32/11193_2.png) [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2022, 3:08am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/odd-line-in-viridis-colormap-when-discretize-is-off/9029/2 "2022-02-22T03:08:04Z")

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It looks like you have run into this bug: [https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/19092](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/19092)