# Optimizing Colormaps for Color Vision Deficiency

Canonical URL: https://colorcurio.us/library/cividis-colormap-paper
Source type: Library entry
Resource URL: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6070163/
Added: 2026-09-22

## Summary

The paper behind cividis: a viridis variant tuned so color-vision deficiency doesn’t change how the scale reads.

- Resource: [Optimizing Colormaps for Color Vision Deficiency](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6070163/)
- By: Jamie Nuñez, Christopher Anderton & Ryan Renslow
- Published: 2018
- Kind: writing (article)
- Level: advanced
- Tags: color-scales, accessibility, data-viz, cam16, scientist, research

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- [Colorblind-Safe Workflows](https://colorcurio.us/library/collections/colorblind-safe-workflows)
- [Perceptual Colormaps](https://colorcurio.us/library/collections/perceptual-colormaps)

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