Colormap Catalog#
To use any colormap in the catalog, you can pass its name to the Colormap constructor:
from cmap import Colormap
cmap = Colormap('viridis')
Coming from matplotlib?
We test against all of the named colormaps in matplotlib, so any 'name' that you can use with matplotlib.colormaps['name'] can also be passed to cmap.Colormap. To convert a cmap.Colormap to a native matplotlib.colors.Colormap instance, you may call .to_mpl().
See the Colormap API docs for details.
Tip: Reversed colormaps
You can append '_r' to any of the colormap names listed below to get a reversed version of that colormap. For example, 'viridis_r'
This works with function based colormaps as well:
Colormaps by category#
bids:fake_parula
bids:inferno
bids:magma
bids:plasma
bids:viridis
chrisluts:bmr_3c
chrisluts:bop_blue
chrisluts:bop_orange
chrisluts:bop_purple
chrisluts:cgy_3c
chrisluts:i_blue
chrisluts:i_bordeaux
chrisluts:i_cyan
chrisluts:i_forest
chrisluts:i_green
chrisluts:i_magenta
chrisluts:i_orange
chrisluts:i_purple
chrisluts:i_red
chrisluts:i_yellow
chrisluts:opf_fresh
chrisluts:opf_orange
chrisluts:opf_purple
chrisluts:rmb_3c
chrisluts:ygc_3c
cividis:cividis
cmap:blue
cmap:cyan
cmap:green
cmap:magenta
cmap:red
cmap:white
cmap:yellow
cmocean:algae
cmocean:amp
cmocean:balance
cmocean:balance_blue
cmocean:curl
cmocean:curl_pink
cmocean:deep
cmocean:delta
cmocean:delta_blue
cmocean:dense
cmocean:diff
cmocean:haline
cmocean:ice
cmocean:matter
cmocean:oxy
cmocean:phase
cmocean:rain
cmocean:solar
cmocean:speed
cmocean:tarn
cmocean:tempo
cmocean:thermal
cmocean:topo
cmocean:turbid
colorbrewer:accent
colorbrewer:accent_3
colorbrewer:accent_4
colorbrewer:accent_5
colorbrewer:accent_6
colorbrewer:accent_7
colorbrewer:accent_8
colorbrewer:blues
colorbrewer:blues_3
colorbrewer:blues_4
colorbrewer:blues_5
colorbrewer:blues_6
colorbrewer:blues_7
colorbrewer:blues_8
colorbrewer:blues_9
colorbrewer:brbg
colorbrewer:brbg_3
colorbrewer:brbg_4
colorbrewer:brbg_5
colorbrewer:brbg_6
colorbrewer:brbg_7
colorbrewer:brbg_8
colorbrewer:brbg_9
colorbrewer:brbg_10
colorbrewer:brbg_11
colorbrewer:bugn
colorbrewer:bugn_3
colorbrewer:bugn_4
colorbrewer:bugn_5
colorbrewer:bugn_6
colorbrewer:bugn_7
colorbrewer:bugn_8
colorbrewer:bugn_9
colorbrewer:bupu
colorbrewer:bupu_3
colorbrewer:bupu_4
colorbrewer:bupu_5
colorbrewer:bupu_6
colorbrewer:bupu_7
colorbrewer:bupu_8
colorbrewer:bupu_9
colorbrewer:dark2
colorbrewer:dark2_3
colorbrewer:dark2_4
colorbrewer:dark2_5
colorbrewer:dark2_6
colorbrewer:dark2_7
colorbrewer:dark2_8
colorbrewer:gnbu
colorbrewer:gnbu_3
colorbrewer:gnbu_4
colorbrewer:gnbu_5
colorbrewer:gnbu_6
colorbrewer:gnbu_7
colorbrewer:gnbu_8
colorbrewer:gnbu_9
colorbrewer:greens
colorbrewer:greens_3
colorbrewer:greens_4
colorbrewer:greens_5
colorbrewer:greens_6
colorbrewer:greens_7
colorbrewer:greens_8
colorbrewer:greens_9
colorbrewer:greys
colorbrewer:greys_3
colorbrewer:greys_4
colorbrewer:greys_5
colorbrewer:greys_6
colorbrewer:greys_7
colorbrewer:greys_8
colorbrewer:greys_9
colorbrewer:oranges
colorbrewer:oranges_3
colorbrewer:oranges_4
colorbrewer:oranges_5
colorbrewer:oranges_6
colorbrewer:oranges_7
colorbrewer:oranges_8
colorbrewer:oranges_9
colorbrewer:orrd
colorbrewer:orrd_3
colorbrewer:orrd_4
colorbrewer:orrd_5
colorbrewer:orrd_6
colorbrewer:orrd_7
colorbrewer:orrd_8
colorbrewer:orrd_9
colorbrewer:paired
colorbrewer:paired_3
colorbrewer:paired_4
colorbrewer:paired_5
colorbrewer:paired_6
colorbrewer:paired_7
colorbrewer:paired_8
colorbrewer:paired_9
colorbrewer:paired_10
colorbrewer:paired_11
colorbrewer:paired_12
colorbrewer:pastel1
colorbrewer:pastel1_3
colorbrewer:pastel1_4
colorbrewer:pastel1_5
colorbrewer:pastel1_6
colorbrewer:pastel1_7
colorbrewer:pastel1_8
colorbrewer:pastel1_9
colorbrewer:pastel2
colorbrewer:pastel2_3
colorbrewer:pastel2_4
colorbrewer:pastel2_5
colorbrewer:pastel2_6
colorbrewer:pastel2_7
colorbrewer:pastel2_8
colorbrewer:piyg
colorbrewer:piyg_3
colorbrewer:piyg_4
colorbrewer:piyg_5
colorbrewer:piyg_6
colorbrewer:piyg_7
colorbrewer:piyg_8
colorbrewer:piyg_9
colorbrewer:piyg_10
colorbrewer:piyg_11
colorbrewer:prgn
colorbrewer:prgn_3
colorbrewer:prgn_4
colorbrewer:prgn_5
colorbrewer:prgn_6
colorbrewer:prgn_7
colorbrewer:prgn_8
colorbrewer:prgn_9
colorbrewer:prgn_10
colorbrewer:prgn_11
colorbrewer:pubu
colorbrewer:pubu_3
colorbrewer:pubu_4
colorbrewer:pubu_5
colorbrewer:pubu_6
colorbrewer:pubu_7
colorbrewer:pubu_8
colorbrewer:pubu_9
colorbrewer:pubugn
colorbrewer:pubugn_3
colorbrewer:pubugn_4
colorbrewer:pubugn_5
colorbrewer:pubugn_6
colorbrewer:pubugn_7
colorbrewer:pubugn_8
colorbrewer:pubugn_9
colorbrewer:puor
colorbrewer:puor_3
colorbrewer:puor_4
colorbrewer:puor_5
colorbrewer:puor_6
colorbrewer:puor_7
colorbrewer:puor_8
colorbrewer:puor_9
colorbrewer:puor_10
colorbrewer:puor_11
colorbrewer:purd
colorbrewer:purd_3
colorbrewer:purd_4
colorbrewer:purd_5
colorbrewer:purd_6
colorbrewer:purd_7
colorbrewer:purd_8
colorbrewer:purd_9
colorbrewer:purples
colorbrewer:purples_3
colorbrewer:purples_4
colorbrewer:purples_5
colorbrewer:purples_6
colorbrewer:purples_7
colorbrewer:purples_8
colorbrewer:purples_9
colorbrewer:rdbu
colorbrewer:rdbu_3
colorbrewer:rdbu_4
colorbrewer:rdbu_5
colorbrewer:rdbu_6
colorbrewer:rdbu_7
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colorbrewer:rdbu_9
colorbrewer:rdbu_10
colorbrewer:rdbu_11
colorbrewer:rdgy
colorbrewer:rdgy_3
colorbrewer:rdgy_4
colorbrewer:rdgy_5
colorbrewer:rdgy_6
colorbrewer:rdgy_7
colorbrewer:rdgy_8
colorbrewer:rdgy_9
colorbrewer:rdgy_10
colorbrewer:rdgy_11
colorbrewer:rdpu
colorbrewer:rdpu_3
colorbrewer:rdpu_4
colorbrewer:rdpu_5
colorbrewer:rdpu_6
colorbrewer:rdpu_7
colorbrewer:rdpu_8
colorbrewer:rdpu_9
colorbrewer:rdylbu
colorbrewer:rdylbu_3
colorbrewer:rdylbu_4
colorbrewer:rdylbu_5
colorbrewer:rdylbu_6
colorbrewer:rdylbu_7
colorbrewer:rdylbu_8
colorbrewer:rdylbu_9
colorbrewer:rdylbu_10
colorbrewer:rdylbu_11
colorbrewer:rdylgn
colorbrewer:rdylgn_3
colorbrewer:rdylgn_4
colorbrewer:rdylgn_5
colorbrewer:rdylgn_6
colorbrewer:rdylgn_7
colorbrewer:rdylgn_8
colorbrewer:rdylgn_9
colorbrewer:rdylgn_10
colorbrewer:rdylgn_11
colorbrewer:reds
colorbrewer:reds_3
colorbrewer:reds_4
colorbrewer:reds_5
colorbrewer:reds_6
colorbrewer:reds_7
colorbrewer:reds_8
colorbrewer:reds_9
colorbrewer:set1
colorbrewer:set1_3
colorbrewer:set1_4
colorbrewer:set1_5
colorbrewer:set1_6
colorbrewer:set1_7
colorbrewer:set1_8
colorbrewer:set1_9
colorbrewer:set2
colorbrewer:set2_3
colorbrewer:set2_4
colorbrewer:set2_5
colorbrewer:set2_6
colorbrewer:set2_7
colorbrewer:set2_8
colorbrewer:set3
colorbrewer:set3_3
colorbrewer:set3_4
colorbrewer:set3_5
colorbrewer:set3_6
colorbrewer:set3_7
colorbrewer:set3_8
colorbrewer:set3_9
colorbrewer:set3_10
colorbrewer:set3_11
colorbrewer:set3_12
colorbrewer:spectral
colorbrewer:spectral_3
colorbrewer:spectral_4
colorbrewer:spectral_5
colorbrewer:spectral_6
colorbrewer:spectral_7
colorbrewer:spectral_8
colorbrewer:spectral_9
colorbrewer:spectral_10
colorbrewer:spectral_11
colorbrewer:ylgn
colorbrewer:ylgn_3
colorbrewer:ylgn_4
colorbrewer:ylgn_5
colorbrewer:ylgn_6
colorbrewer:ylgn_7
colorbrewer:ylgn_8
colorbrewer:ylgn_9
colorbrewer:ylgnbu
colorbrewer:ylgnbu_3
colorbrewer:ylgnbu_4
colorbrewer:ylgnbu_5
colorbrewer:ylgnbu_6
colorbrewer:ylgnbu_7
colorbrewer:ylgnbu_8
colorbrewer:ylgnbu_9
colorbrewer:ylorbr
colorbrewer:ylorbr_3
colorbrewer:ylorbr_4
colorbrewer:ylorbr_5
colorbrewer:ylorbr_6
colorbrewer:ylorbr_7
colorbrewer:ylorbr_8
colorbrewer:ylorbr_9
colorbrewer:ylorrd
colorbrewer:ylorrd_3
colorbrewer:ylorrd_4
colorbrewer:ylorrd_5
colorbrewer:ylorrd_6
colorbrewer:ylorrd_7
colorbrewer:ylorrd_8
colorbrewer:ylorrd_9
colorcet:cet_c1
colorcet:cet_c2
colorcet:cet_c3
colorcet:cet_c4
colorcet:cet_c5
colorcet:cet_c6
colorcet:cet_c7
colorcet:cet_c8
colorcet:cet_c9
colorcet:cet_c10
colorcet:cet_c11
colorcet:cet_cbc1
colorcet:cet_cbc2
colorcet:cet_cbd1
colorcet:cet_cbd2
colorcet:cet_cbl1
colorcet:cet_cbl2
colorcet:cet_cbl3
colorcet:cet_cbl4
colorcet:cet_cbtc1
colorcet:cet_cbtc2
colorcet:cet_cbtd1
colorcet:cet_cbtl1
colorcet:cet_cbtl2
colorcet:cet_cbtl3
colorcet:cet_cbtl4
colorcet:cet_d1
colorcet:cet_d1a
colorcet:cet_d2
colorcet:cet_d3
colorcet:cet_d4
colorcet:cet_d5
colorcet:cet_d6
colorcet:cet_d7
colorcet:cet_d8
colorcet:cet_d9
colorcet:cet_d10
colorcet:cet_d11
colorcet:cet_d12
colorcet:cet_d13
colorcet:cet_i1
colorcet:cet_i2
colorcet:cet_i3
colorcet:cet_l1
colorcet:cet_l2
colorcet:cet_l3
colorcet:cet_l4
colorcet:cet_l5
colorcet:cet_l6
colorcet:cet_l7
colorcet:cet_l8
colorcet:cet_l9
colorcet:cet_l10
colorcet:cet_l11
colorcet:cet_l12
colorcet:cet_l13
colorcet:cet_l14
colorcet:cet_l15
colorcet:cet_l16
colorcet:cet_l17
colorcet:cet_l18
colorcet:cet_l19
colorcet:cet_l20
colorcet:cet_r1
colorcet:cet_r2
colorcet:cet_r3
colorcet:cet_r4
crameri:acton
crameri:bam
crameri:bamako
crameri:bamo
crameri:batlow
crameri:batlowk
crameri:batloww
crameri:berlin
crameri:bilbao
crameri:broc
crameri:broco
crameri:buda
crameri:bukavu
crameri:cork
crameri:corko
crameri:davos
crameri:devon
crameri:fes
crameri:grayc
crameri:hawaii
crameri:imola
crameri:lajolla
crameri:lapaz
crameri:lisbon
crameri:nuuk
crameri:oleron
crameri:oslo
crameri:roma
crameri:romao
crameri:tofino
crameri:tokyo
crameri:turku
crameri:vanimo
crameri:vik
crameri:viko
cubehelix:cubehelix
glasbey:glasbey
gnuplot:afmhot
gnuplot:gnuplot
gnuplot:gnuplot2
gnuplot:grv
gnuplot:ocean
gnuplot:rainbow
google:turbo
imagej:fire
imagej:greenfireblue
imagej:hilo
imagej:ice
matlab:autumn
matlab:bone
matlab:cool
matlab:copper
matlab:flag
matlab:gray
matlab:hot
matlab:hsv
matlab:jet
matlab:pink
matlab:prism
matlab:spring
matlab:summer
matlab:winter
matplotlib:binary
matplotlib:brg
matplotlib:bwr
matplotlib:cmrmap
matplotlib:coolwarm
matplotlib:nipy_spectral
matplotlib:seismic
matplotlib:terrain
matplotlib:twilight
matplotlib:twilight_shifted
matplotlib:wistia
seaborn:crest
seaborn:flare
seaborn:icefire
seaborn:mako
seaborn:rocket
seaborn:tab10
seaborn:tab10_colorblind
seaborn:tab10_light
seaborn:tab10_medium
seaborn:tab10_new
seaborn:tab20
seaborn:tab20b
seaborn:tab20c
seaborn:tab_traffic_light
seaborn:vlag
tol:bright
tol:burd
tol:burd_discrete
tol:dark
tol:high_contrast
tol:incandescent
tol:iridescent
tol:light
tol:medium_contrast
tol:muted
tol:nightfall
tol:nightfall_discrete
tol:pale
tol:prgn
tol:prgn_discrete
tol:rainbow_discrete_1
tol:rainbow_discrete_2
tol:rainbow_discrete_3
tol:rainbow_discrete_4
tol:rainbow_discrete_5
tol:rainbow_discrete_6
tol:rainbow_discrete_7
tol:rainbow_discrete_8
tol:rainbow_discrete_9
tol:rainbow_discrete_10
tol:rainbow_discrete_11
tol:rainbow_discrete_12
tol:rainbow_discrete_13
tol:rainbow_discrete_14
tol:rainbow_discrete_15
tol:rainbow_discrete_16
tol:rainbow_discrete_17
tol:rainbow_discrete_18
tol:rainbow_discrete_19
tol:rainbow_discrete_20
tol:rainbow_discrete_21
tol:rainbow_discrete_22
tol:rainbow_discrete_23
tol:rainbow_pubr
tol:rainbow_purd
tol:rainbow_whbr
tol:rainbow_whrd
tol:sunset
tol:sunset_discrete
tol:vibrant
tol:whorbr
tol:ylorbr
tol:ylorbr_discrete
vispy:diverging
vispy:fire
vispy:grbu
vispy:grbu_d
vispy:hsl
vispy:husl
vispy:ice
vispy:light_blues
vispy:orange
vispy:pugr
vispy:rdbu
vispy:rdyebucy
yorick:earth
yorick:heat
yorick:ncar
yorick:rainbow
yorick:stern
yorick:yarg