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Fabio Crameri's Color Schemes

Source

Crameri, F. (2021). Scientific colour maps. Zenodo, v7.0. doi:10.5281/zenodo.4491293

Diverging Color Schemes

If more colors than defined are needed from a given scheme, the color coordinates are linearly interpolated to provide a continuous version of the scheme.

PaletteMax.
broc256
cork256
vik256
lisbon256
tofino256
berlin256
roma256
bam256
vanimo256
brocO*256
corkO*256
vikO*256
romaO*256
bamO*256

*: cyclic color schemes.

Sequential Color Schemes

If more colors than defined are needed from a given scheme, the color coordinates are linearly interpolated to provide a continuous version of the scheme.

PaletteMax.
batlow256
batlowW256
batlowK256
devon256
lajolla256
bamako256
davos256
bilbao256
nuuk256
oslo256
grayC256
hawaii256
lapaz256
tokyo256
buda256
acton256
turku256
imola256
oleron*256
bukavu*256
fes*256

*: multisequential color schemes.

References

Crameri, F. (2018). Geodynamic diagnostics, scientific visualisation and StagLab 3.0. Geosci. Model Dev., 11, 2541-2562. doi:10.5194/gmd-11-2541-2018

Crameri, F., Shephard, G. E. & Heron, P. J. (2020). The misuse of colour in science communication. Nature Communications, 11, 5444. doi:10.1038/s41467-020-19160-7