Fabio Crameri

Scientific colour maps

Accurate data visualisation needs
accurate scales readable by everyone.
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Fairly representing data

The colour gradients are perceptually uniform and ordered to represent data both fairly – without visual distortion – and intuitively

Universally readable

The colour combinations are readable both by colour-vision deficient and colour-blind people, and even when printed in black&white

Citable & reproducible

The colour maps and their diagnostics are permanently archived and versioned to enable upgrades and acknowledge developers and contributors

Version 8.0.1 (05.10.2023, scm-vn8.0)

Crameri, F. (2018). Scientific colour maps. Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1243862

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

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The suite of Scientific colour maps for data-true and universally accessible, scientific data visualisation.

Built for (almost) everything

MatLab, Python, Julia, R, GMT, QGIS, Ncview, Ferret, Plotly, Paraview, VisIt, Mathematica, Gnuplot, Surfer, d3, SKUA-GOCAD, Petrel, XMapTools, COMSOL Multiphysics, Fledermaus, Qimera, ImageJ, Fiji, Kingdom, Originlab, GIMP, Inkscape, Adobe Photoshop, and more...

Extra formats (not included in the package)

➡ Extra formats for QPS software

➡ Extra formats for Kingdom software

➡ Extra formats for Originlab software

➡ Extra formats for Adobe Photoshop

➡ Extra formats for Adobe Illustrator

➡ Extra formats for OpendTect software

➡ Convenience package for GPlates

Built into (almost) everything

Built for builders

  • Inclusivity: Apple macOS application including a colour scheme editor and accessibility tester to develop WCAG-proof iOS and macOS apps.

Built by science for science.

See in-use examples in the online science graphics collection s-ink.org
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