ColorBrewer: Attractive and Distinctive Colormaps
The complete palette of ColorBrewer colormaps. Simple selection by scheme name and map length.
You are now following this Submission
- You will see updates in your followed content feed
- You may receive emails, depending on your communication preferences
Cite As
Stephen23 (2026). ColorBrewer: Attractive and Distinctive Colormaps (https://github.com/DrosteEffect/BrewerMap), GitHub. Retrieved .
Acknowledgements
Inspired: newcolorbar: multiple colormaps in the same axes, squink(Colors,Gamma), paruly, cbrewer2, Cyclic color map, Maximally Distinct Color Generator, Convert between RGB and Color Names, jetwhite(Colours), cmocean perceptually-uniform colormaps, How to estimate subglacial water routes, HCP (HeatmapCovariatePlot), SU Firing Modulation Frequency
General Information
- Version 3.2.2 (20.6 KB)
-
View License on GitHub
MATLAB Release Compatibility
- Compatible with R2009a and later releases
Platform Compatibility
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
Versions that use the GitHub default branch cannot be downloaded
| Version | Published | Release Notes | Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2.2 | * Use GitHub README. |
||
| 3.2.1 | * update repository |
||
| 3.2.0 | * Default size to suit HG2.
|
||
| 3.1.0 | * Add error IDs.
|
||
| 3.0.0.2 | * Update description. |
||
| 3.0.0.1 | * Add NaN input option.
|
||
| 3.0.0.0 | * Interpolate in Lab colorspace. |
||
| 2.2.0.0 | * Update FEX blurb.
|
||
| 2.1.0.0 | * Improve interpolation method. |
||
| 2.0.0.0 | * Improve interpolation method. |
||
| 1.7.0.0 | - Re-insert that disappearing newline at after the first paragraph. Why does this happen, MATLAB? |
||
| 1.5.0.0 | * Change to GitHub version, complete with Apache license. |
||
| 1.4.0.0 | - Downloadable as toolbox |
||
| 1.3.0.0 | - Simplify spreadsheet downloading instructions. |
||
| 1.2.0.0 | - Allow case-insensitive scheme selection.
|
||
| 1.1.0.0 | - Add third output: colorscheme type as a string.
|
||
| 1.0.0.0 |
