# Good Colour Maps: How to Design Them

Canonical URL: https://colorcurio.us/library/good-colour-maps
Source type: Library entry
Resource URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1509.03700
Added: 2026-09-27

## Summary

The paper behind ColorCET: a test image that exposes flat spots in a colormap, and a recipe for uniform ones.

- Resource: [Good Colour Maps: How to Design Them](https://arxiv.org/abs/1509.03700)
- By: Peter Kovesi
- Published: 2015
- Kind: writing (article)
- Level: advanced
- Tags: color-scales, perception, data-viz, cielab, scientist, research

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

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