# The Rainbow Is Dead… Long Live the Rainbow!

Canonical URL: https://colorcurio.us/library/rainbow-is-dead
Source type: Library entry
Resource URL: https://mycartablog.com/2012/05/29/the-rainbow-is-dead-long-live-the-rainbow-series-outline/
Added: 2026-09-27

## Summary

A series for geoscientists on what goes wrong in the rainbow, and how to build a perceptual one in CIELAB.

- Resource: [The Rainbow Is Dead… Long Live the Rainbow!](https://mycartablog.com/2012/05/29/the-rainbow-is-dead-long-live-the-rainbow-series-outline/)
- By: Matteo Niccoli
- Published: 2012
- Kind: writing (article)
- Level: intermediate
- Tags: color-scales, perception, cartography, cielab, scientist, tutorial

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

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