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Fabio Crameri's Color Schemes

Source

Crameri, F. (2023). Scientific colour maps. Zenodo, v8.0.1. doi:10.5281/zenodo.1243862

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.
bam256
bamO*256
berlin256
broc256
brocO*256
cork256
corkO*256
lisbon256
managua256
roma256
romaO*256
tofino256
vanimo256
vik256
vikO*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.
acton256
bamako256
batlow256
batlowW256
batlowK256
bilbao256
buda256
bukavu*256
davos256
devon256
fes*256
glasgow256
grayC256
hawaii256
imola256
lajolla256
lapaz256
navia256
naviaW256
nuuk256
oleron*256
oslo256
tokyo256
turku256

*: 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