Plotting symmetric density plot on a surface of a sphere - ColorFunction problem

Question

I am trying to plot a density plot on a surface of a sphere, where the density function Sqrt[1-x^2] is symmetric around 0. (There, x=Sin[θ] Cos[ϕ]).

So far I have:

ParametricPlot3D[{Sin[θ] Cos[ϕ], 
Sin[θ] Sin[ϕ], Cos[θ]}, {θ, 0, π}, {ϕ, 0, 2 π}, ColorFunction -> Function[{x, y, z, θ, ϕ}, ColorData["Rainbow"][Sqrt[1 - x^2]]]]

But somehow when the plot is displayed, the colors at x=1 and x=-1 do not match. Does it have something to do with the ColorFunction?

Answer 1

ColorFunctionScaling -> False

ParametricPlot3D[{Sin[θ] Cos[ϕ], 
  Sin[θ] Sin[ϕ], Cos[θ]}, {θ, 
  0, π}, {ϕ, 0, 2 π}, 
 ColorFunction -> 
  Function[{x, y, z, θ, ϕ}, 
   ColorData["Rainbow"][Sqrt[1 - x^2]]], 
 ColorFunctionScaling -> False]