# cmap

Canonical URL: https://colorcurio.us/library/cmap-python
Source type: Library entry
Resource URL: https://cmap-docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
Added: 2026-09-27

## Summary

Colormaps from Matplotlib, cmocean, ColorBrewer, Crameri, and more, with NumPy as the only dependency.

It converts the same map for Matplotlib, napari, VisPy, Bokeh, and others, so figures from different libraries can match.

- Resource: [cmap](https://cmap-docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/)
- By: Talley Lambert
- Kind: colormaps (library)
- Level: beginner
- Tags: color-scales, data-viz, scientist, developer, gallery, python

## In collections

- [Perceptual Colormaps](https://colorcurio.us/library/collections/perceptual-colormaps)

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