# Colorcet for Python

Canonical URL: https://colorcurio.us/library/colorcet-use
Source type: Library entry
Resource URL: https://colorcet.holoviz.org/user_guide/index.html
Added: 2026-01-04

## Summary

How to call Colorcet’s maps from Python, Matplotlib, and Bokeh.

This is the HoloViz API guide; for how the maps were designed, see Kovesi’s ColorCET site.

- Resource: [Colorcet for Python](https://colorcet.holoviz.org/user_guide/index.html)
- By: HoloViz
- Kind: colormaps (article)
- Level: intermediate
- Tags: color-scales, data-viz, scientist, reference, python

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