# gdaldem color-relief

Canonical URL: https://colorcurio.us/library/gdaldem-color-relief
Source type: Library entry
Resource URL: https://gdal.org/en/stable/programs/gdaldem.html
Added: 2026-09-27

## Summary

GDAL’s docs for coloring a raster from a text color table — the format QGIS, GMT, and colormap exporters write.

- Resource: [gdaldem color-relief](https://gdal.org/en/stable/programs/gdaldem.html)
- By: GDAL
- Kind: references (article)
- Level: intermediate
- Tags: cartography, color-scales, scientist, developer, reference, cli, gis

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