# Sunset

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

## Summary

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

CARTOColors 'Sunset' (7-class anchor stops, tag: quantitative).

## Perceptual profile (OKLCh)

- Lightness: 0.920 → 0.492 (range 0.429, min 0.492, max 0.920); monotonic; midpoint 0.719
- Chroma: min 0.095, max 0.140, mean 0.120
- Hue: 100.3° → 285.7° (span 174.6°), path monotonic-ccw; quadrants: chartreuse, yellow, orange, red, rose, magenta, violet
- Endpoint temperature: warm → cool
- Perceptual ΔE: total 88.9, mean/step 0.348, max step 0.399, smoothness 0.926, speed 0.348

## Colorblind safety (ΔE under simulated CVD)

- Protanopia: ΔE total 64.8; preserves order: yes
- Deuteranopia: ΔE total 67.0; preserves order: yes
- Tritanopia: ΔE total 82.5; preserves order: yes

## Related

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