# ParaView 6 default

Canonical URL: https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/paraview.pv-6-default
Source type: Colormap
Type: diverging
Collection: paraview
Attribution: ParaView / VTK — Kitware (presets curated by Moreland, Samsel et al.)
License: BSD-3
Source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Kitware/ParaView/master/Remoting/Views/ColorMaps.json
Tags: diverging
Stops: 256

## Summary

ParaView 6 default is a diverging colormap from the paraview collection. Inspect its perceptual lightness, chroma, and hue profile on colorcurio.us.

ParaView 6.0.0 shipped default diverging colormap.

## Perceptual profile (OKLCh)

- Lightness: 0.278 → 0.434 (range 0.658, min 0.278, max 0.937); non-monotonic; midpoint 0.937
- Chroma: min 0.050, max 0.167, mean 0.126
- Hue: 268.6° → 24.2° (span 244.8°), path monotonic-ccw; quadrants: blue, azure, cyan, mint, green, chartreuse, yellow, orange, red
- Endpoint temperature: cool → warm
- Perceptual ΔE: total 172.4, mean/step 0.676, max step 1.126, smoothness 0.778, speed 0.676

## Colorblind safety (ΔE under simulated CVD)

- Protanopia: ΔE total 152.4; preserves order: yes
- Deuteranopia: ΔE total 145.2; preserves order: yes
- Tritanopia: ΔE total 156.7; preserves order: yes

## Related

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