# Scientific Colour Maps

Canonical URL: https://colorcurio.us/library/scientific-colour-maps
Source type: Library entry
Resource URL: https://www.fabiocrameri.ch/colourmaps/
Added: 2026-01-04

## Summary

Perceptually uniform, colorblind-friendly maps such as batlow and vik, built to replace rainbow scales.

Every map ships in formats for most plotting and GIS software, which is a large part of why they spread.

- Resource: [Scientific Colour Maps](https://www.fabiocrameri.ch/colourmaps/)
- By: Fabio Crameri
- Kind: colormaps (tool)
- Level: intermediate
- Tags: color-scales, data-viz, cartography, accessibility, scientist, gallery, python, r, gis

## In collections

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

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