# viscm

Canonical URL: https://colorcurio.us/library/viscm
Source type: Library entry
Resource URL: https://github.com/matplotlib/viscm
Added: 2026-09-22

## Summary

Design a colormap while watching its lightness curve and CVD simulations — the tool used to build viridis.

- Resource: [viscm](https://github.com/matplotlib/viscm)
- By: Nathaniel Smith & Stéfan van der Walt
- Kind: colormaps (tool)
- Level: advanced
- Tags: color-scales, perception, data-viz, cam16, scientist, interactive, python

## In collections

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

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