# True Colors of Oceanography

Canonical URL: https://colorcurio.us/library/true-colors-of-oceanography
Source type: Library entry
Resource URL: https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2016.66
Added: 2026-09-27

## Summary

The paper introducing cmocean: one colormap per ocean variable, chosen to match how each quantity behaves.

- Resource: [True Colors of Oceanography](https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2016.66)
- By: Kristen Thyng et al.
- Published: 2016
- Kind: writing (article)
- Level: intermediate
- Tags: color-scales, cartography, perception, cam16, scientist, research

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

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