# Geyser

Canonical URL: https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/carto.Geyser
Source type: Colormap
Type: diverging
Collection: carto
Attribution: CARTOColors (Carto), https://carto.com/carto-colors/
License: CC-BY-4.0
Source: https://carto.com/carto-colors/
Tags: cartocolors, diverging
Stops: 256

## Summary

Geyser is a diverging colormap from the carto collection. Inspect its perceptual lightness, chroma, and hue profile on colorcurio.us.

CARTOColors 'Geyser' (7-class anchor stops, tag: diverging).

## Perceptual profile (OKLCh)

- Lightness: 0.543 → 0.595 (range 0.397, min 0.543, max 0.940); non-monotonic; midpoint 0.940
- Chroma: min 0.049, max 0.158, mean 0.083
- Hue: 194.8° → 39.4° (span 155.4°), path monotonic-ccw; quadrants: cyan, mint, green, chartreuse, yellow, orange
- Endpoint temperature: cool → warm
- Perceptual ΔE: total 91.2, mean/step 0.358, max step 0.411, smoothness 0.928, speed 0.358

## Colorblind safety (ΔE under simulated CVD)

- Protanopia: ΔE total 77.3; preserves order: yes
- Deuteranopia: ΔE total 76.4; preserves order: yes
- Tritanopia: ΔE total 94.8; preserves order: yes

## Related

- Family: https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/families/carto
- All colormaps: https://colorcurio.us/colormaps