Rainbow Desaturated

Summary

Rainbow Desaturated is a sequential colormap from paraview. Lightness spans 0.22–0.96, hue sweeps 251° from violet to red, and order breaks under protan, deutan, and tritan simulation.

8-point desaturated rainbow.

Perceptual profile (OKLCh)

• Lightness: 0.498 → 0.623 (range 0.745, min 0.219, max 0.964); non-monotonic; midpoint 0.728
• Chroma: min 0.116, max 0.219, mean 0.171
• Hue: 275.0° → 24.1° (span 250.8°), path monotonic-ccw; quadrants: violet, blue, azure, cyan, mint, green, chartreuse, yellow, orange, red
• Endpoint temperature: cool → warm
• Perceptual ΔE: total 316.2, mean/step 1.240, max step 2.825, smoothness 0.590, speed 1.000

Colorblind safety (ΔE under simulated CVD)

• Protanopia: ΔE total 282.9; preserves order: no
• Deuteranopia: ΔE total 280.8; preserves order: no
• Tritanopia: ΔE total 296.2; preserves order: no

Related

• Family: paraview
• Source: ParaView / VTK — Kitware (presets curated by Moreland, Samsel et al.)
• Similar sequential maps: 2hot, Asymmetric Earth Tones, Black, Blue & White, Black-Body Radiation, Black, Orange & White, Blue-Green-Orange, ERDC Rainbow (bright), ERDC Rainbow (dark)
• All colormaps