ParaView 6 default

Summary

ParaView 6 default is a diverging colormap from paraview. Two arms meet at a pivot of lightness 0.94, hue sweeps 245° from blue to red, and order holds under all three colorblind simulations.

ParaView 6.0.0 shipped default diverging colormap.

Perceptual profile (OKLCh)

• Lightness: 0.278 → 0.434 (range 0.658, min 0.278, max 0.937); non-monotonic; midpoint 0.937
• Chroma: min 0.050, max 0.167, mean 0.126
• Hue: 268.6° → 24.2° (span 244.8°), path monotonic-ccw; quadrants: blue, azure, cyan, mint, green, chartreuse, yellow, orange, red
• Pivot: t 0.498, lightness 0.937, hue jump 31.2°, smoothness 0.780
• Endpoint temperature: cool → warm
• Perceptual ΔE: total 172.4, mean/step 0.676, max step 1.126, smoothness 0.778, speed 0.676

Colorblind safety (ΔE under simulated CVD)

• Protanopia: ΔE total 152.4; preserves order: yes
• Deuteranopia: ΔE total 145.2; preserves order: yes
• Tritanopia: ΔE total 156.7; preserves order: yes

Related

• Family: paraview
• Source: ParaView / VTK — Kitware (presets curated by Moreland, Samsel et al.)
• Similar diverging maps: Blue Orange (div), Cold and Hot, Cool to Warm, Cool to Warm (Extended), ERDC DivHi PurpleGreen, ERDC DivLow IcePeach, ERDC DivLow PurpleGreen, ERDC Icefire (H)
• All colormaps