Cyclic YMCGY

Summary

Cyclic YMCGY is a cyclic colormap from colorcet. Lightness spans 0.66–0.89, hue sweeps 359° from chartreuse to green, and order breaks under protan, deutan, and tritan simulation.

Perceptual profile (OKLCh)

• Lightness: 0.894 → 0.894 (range 0.237, min 0.657, max 0.894); non-monotonic; midpoint 0.878
• Chroma: min 0.083, max 0.287, mean 0.174
• Hue: 108.1° → 108.9° (span 359.2°), path monotonic-ccw; quadrants: chartreuse, yellow, orange, red, rose, magenta, violet, blue, azure, cyan, mint, green
• Endpoint temperature: warm → warm
• Perceptual ΔE: total 213.6, mean/step 0.838, max step 2.082, smoothness 0.452, speed 0.838

Colorblind safety (ΔE under simulated CVD)

• Protanopia: ΔE total 167.9; preserves order: no
• Deuteranopia: ΔE total 149.2; preserves order: no
• Tritanopia: ΔE total 175.5; preserves order: no

Related

• Family: colorcet
• Source: Kovesi 2015 — "Good Colour Maps: How to Design Them" (arXiv:1509.03700)
• Similar cyclic maps: CB-cyclic, CB-tritan cyclic, CET-C1, Colorwheel, Cyclic BGRMB, Cyclic grey, Cyclic MRYBM, Cyclic MYBM
• All colormaps