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colorcet:CET_R1#

Aliases: colorcet:r01, colorcet:r1, colorcet:rainbow, colorcet:rainbow_bgyrm_35_85_c69_n256

The least worst rainbow colour map I can devise. Note there are small perceptual blind spots at yellow and red

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colorcet Miscellaneous CC-BY-4.0 Peter Kovesi https://colorcet.com
from cmap import Colormap

cm = Colormap("colorcet:CET_R1")  # case insensitive
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from cmap import Colormap

plt.imshow(data, cmap=Colormap("colorcet:CET_R1").to_mpl())
import plotly.express as px
from cmap import Colormap

px.imshow(data, color_continuous_scale=Colormap("colorcet:CET_R1").to_plotly())
import napari
from cmap import Colormap

napari.imshow(data, colormap=Colormap("colorcet:CET_R1").to_napari())
napari.run()
background: #0030F5;
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #0030F5 0%, #154BD9 3.22581%, #195FBD 6.45161%, #196FA1 9.67742%, #297C88 12.9032%, #38866F 16.129%, #3F9156 19.3548%, #429C3A 22.5806%, #4AA520 25.8065%, #60AD11 29.0323%, #79B311 32.2581%, #91B915 35.4839%, #A8BE19 38.7097%, #BFC31D 41.9355%, #D5C820 45.1613%, #E9CB23 48.3871%, #F6C824 51.6129%, #FABE23 54.8387%, #F9B120 58.0645%, #F8A41D 61.2903%, #F7971B 64.5161%, #F58919 67.7419%, #F47B16 70.9677%, #F16C15 74.1935%, #F05E19 77.4194%, #F1562B 80.6452%, #F65A49 83.871%, #FB646B 87.0968%, #FF6F8E 90.3226%, #FF7BB1 93.5484%, #FF86D5 96.7742%, #FD92FA 100%);
import altair as alt
from cmap import Colormap

# df: a DataFrame with columns x, y and value
alt.Chart(df).mark_rect().encode(
    x="x:O",
    y="y:O",
    color=alt.Color(
        "value:Q", scale=alt.Scale(range=Colormap("colorcet:CET_R1").to_altair())
    ),
)
from bokeh.plotting import figure, show
from cmap import Colormap

p = figure()
p.image(
    image=[data], x=0, y=0, dw=1, dh=1,
    color_mapper=Colormap("colorcet:CET_R1").to_bokeh(),
)
show(p)
from vispy import app, scene
from cmap import Colormap

canvas = scene.SceneCanvas(show=True)
view = canvas.central_widget.add_view()
scene.visuals.Image(data, cmap=Colormap("colorcet:CET_R1").to_vispy(), parent=view.scene)
view.camera = scene.PanZoomCamera(aspect=1)
view.camera.set_range()
app.run()
import pygfx as gfx
from cmap import Colormap

image = gfx.Image(
    gfx.Geometry(grid=gfx.Texture(data, dim=2)),
    gfx.ImageBasicMaterial(
        clim=(data.min(), data.max()), map=Colormap("colorcet:CET_R1").to_pygfx()
    ),
)
gfx.show(image)
import pyqtgraph as pg
from cmap import Colormap

view = pg.image(data)
view.setColorMap(Colormap("colorcet:CET_R1").to_pyqtgraph())
pg.exec()
import ee
from cmap import Colormap

ee.Initialize(project="my-project")  # your Google Cloud project
elevation = ee.Image("CGIAR/SRTM90_V4")
image = elevation.visualize(
    min=0, max=3000, palette=Colormap("colorcet:CET_R1").to_gee()
)

See also usage with external libraries.

colorcet:CET_R1colorcet:CET_R1 colormap
colorcet:CET_R1colorcet:CET_R1 colormap

Perceptual lightness#

Lightness (J′) measured in CAM02 Uniform Color Space (CAM02-UCS)

RGB components#

Hue & saturation#