Glasbey category10

Summary

Glasbey category10 is a 256-color categorical colormap from colorcet. Its colors span lightness 0.30–0.98 and chroma 0.00–0.31.

256-color extension of D3 category10.

Perceptual profile (OKLCh)

• Lightness: 0.549 → 0.728 (range 0.684, min 0.298, max 0.983); non-monotonic; midpoint 0.409
• Chroma: min 0.000, max 0.312, mean 0.124
• Hue: 244.6° → 160.8° (span 360.0°), path folded; quadrants: blue, orange, green, red, magenta, rose, chartreuse, cyan, violet, mint, yellow, azure
• Endpoint temperature: cool → warm
• Perceptual ΔE: total 11042.5, mean/step 43.304, max step 106.857, smoothness 0.594, speed 1.000

Colorblind safety (ΔE under simulated CVD)

• Protanopia: ΔE total 9303.0; preserves order: no
• Deuteranopia: ΔE total 8869.8; preserves order: no
• Tritanopia: ΔE total 9333.7; preserves order: no

Related

• Family: colorcet
• Source: Kovesi 2015 — "Good Colour Maps: How to Design Them" (arXiv:1509.03700)
• Similar categorical maps: Glasbey, Glasbey BW, Glasbey cool, Glasbey (dark bg), Glasbey HV, Glasbey (light bg), Glasbey warm
• All colormaps