# Set2

Canonical URL: https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/colorbrewer.Set2
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, muted
Stops: 8

## Summary

Set2 is a categorical colormap from the colorbrewer collection. Inspect its perceptual lightness, chroma, and hue profile on colorcurio.us.

ColorBrewer 2.0 qualitative 'Set2' (8-class palette).

## Perceptual profile (OKLCh)

- Lightness: 0.749 → 0.767 (range 0.185, min 0.707, max 0.892); non-monotonic; midpoint 0.748
- Chroma: min 0.000, max 0.173, mean 0.107
- Hue: 170.8° → 0.0° (span 264.7°), path monotonic-ccw; quadrants: mint, orange, blue, rose, green, chartreuse, yellow
- Endpoint temperature: warm → null
- Perceptual ΔE: total 238.4, mean/step 34.052, max step 68.518, smoothness 0.477, speed 1.000

## Colorblind safety (ΔE under simulated CVD)

- Protanopia: ΔE total 139.8; preserves order: no
- Deuteranopia: ΔE total 150.2; preserves order: no
- Tritanopia: ΔE total 245.6; preserves order: no

## Related

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