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A large (+2500) collection of color maps for Python.

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Quick start

Let's see how to use the "Sunset" palette:

# mkdocs: render
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
from pypalettes import load_cmap

np.random.seed(0)
data = np.random.randn(20, 20)

cmap = load_cmap("Sunset")

plt.imshow(
  X=data,
  cmap=cmap
)
plt.colorbar()
# mkdocs: render
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
from pypalettes import load_cmap

np.random.seed(0)
data = np.random.randn(20, 20)

cmap = load_cmap("Sunset", cmap_type="continuous")

plt.imshow(
  X=data,
  cmap=cmap
)
plt.colorbar()
# mkdocs: render
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
from pypalettes import load_cmap

np.random.seed(0)
data = np.random.randn(20, 20)

cmap = load_cmap("Sunset", reverse=True)

plt.imshow(
  X=data,
  cmap=cmap
)
plt.colorbar()

The "Sunset" is just one of 2500+ available palettes from pypalettes.

Installation

pip install pypalettes
pip install git+https://github.com/JosephBARBIERDARNAL/pypalettes.git