# ColorCET

Canonical URL: https://colorcurio.us/library/colorcet-theory
Source type: Library entry
Resource URL: https://colorcet.com/
Added: 2026-01-04

## Summary

The theory and full set of Peter Kovesi’s perceptually uniform colormaps, with a test image for each.

The design side of Colorcet; the HoloViz guide covers the Python API.

- Resource: [ColorCET](https://colorcet.com/)
- By: Peter Kovesi
- Kind: colormaps (tool)
- Level: advanced
- Tags: color-scales, perception, data-viz, cam16, scientist, research, gallery

## In collections

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

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