# NCL Color Table Gallery

Canonical URL: https://colorcurio.us/library/ncl-color-tables
Source type: Library entry
Resource URL: https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Graphics/color_table_gallery.shtml
Added: 2026-01-04

## Summary

NCAR’s gallery of NCL color tables, a catalog of legacy scientific maps.

Many are rainbows. Useful for matching an old figure, less so for choosing a new map.

- Resource: [NCL Color Table Gallery](https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Graphics/color_table_gallery.shtml)
- By: NCAR
- Kind: colormaps (tool)
- Level: intermediate
- Tags: color-scales, data-viz, scientist, gallery

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