# Paired

Canonical URL: https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/colorbrewer.Paired
Source type: Colormap
Type: categorical
Collection: colorbrewer
Attribution: Cynthia Brewer & Mark Harrower, ColorBrewer 2.0
License: Apache-2.0
Source: https://colorbrewer2.org/
Tags: categorical, colorbrewer, paired
Stops: 12

## Summary

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

ColorBrewer 2.0 qualitative 'Paired' (12-class palette).

## Perceptual profile (OKLCh)

- Lightness: 0.830 → 0.562 (range 0.518, min 0.460, max 0.978); non-monotonic; midpoint 0.583
- Chroma: min 0.052, max 0.228, mean 0.132
- Hue: 231.0° → 47.0° (span 300.6°), path folded; quadrants: azure, blue, green, red, yellow, orange, magenta, chartreuse
- Endpoint temperature: cool → warm
- Perceptual ΔE: total 461.4, mean/step 41.943, max step 81.079, smoothness 0.564, speed 1.000

## Colorblind safety (ΔE under simulated CVD)

- Protanopia: ΔE total 407.5; preserves order: no
- Deuteranopia: ΔE total 371.4; preserves order: no
- Tritanopia: ΔE total 362.2; preserves order: no

## Related

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