# Prism

Canonical URL: https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/carto.Prism
Source type: Colormap
Type: categorical
Collection: carto
Attribution: CARTOColors (Carto), https://carto.com/carto-colors/
License: CC-BY-4.0
Source: https://carto.com/carto-colors/
Tags: cartocolors, qualitative
Stops: 12

## Summary

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

CARTOColors 'Prism' (11-class anchor stops, tag: qualitative).

## Perceptual profile (OKLCh)

- Lightness: 0.457 → 0.510 (range 0.341, min 0.446, max 0.787); non-monotonic; midpoint 0.787
- Chroma: min 0.000, max 0.162, mean 0.121
- Hue: 297.1° → 0.0° (span 330.8°), path monotonic-ccw; quadrants: violet, blue, cyan, mint, green, yellow, orange, rose, magenta
- Endpoint temperature: cool → null
- Perceptual ΔE: total 232.9, mean/step 21.173, max step 31.612, smoothness 0.684, speed 1.000

## Colorblind safety (ΔE under simulated CVD)

- Protanopia: ΔE total 174.0; preserves order: no
- Deuteranopia: ΔE total 172.6; preserves order: no
- Tritanopia: ΔE total 201.7; preserves order: no

## Related

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