Land Cover

Summary

Land Cover is a 14-color categorical colormap from tol. Its colors span lightness 0.50–0.94 and chroma 0.06–0.20.

14-class land-cover thematic palette.

Perceptual profile (OKLCh)

• Lightness: 0.528 → 0.498 (range 0.444, min 0.498, max 0.942); non-monotonic; midpoint 0.585
• Chroma: min 0.058, max 0.203, mean 0.124
• Hue: 271.6° → 27.2° (span 244.4°), path folded; quadrants: violet, green, mint, chartreuse, red
• Endpoint temperature: cool → warm
• Perceptual ΔE: total 278.5, mean/step 21.426, max step 61.163, smoothness 0.285, speed 1.000

Colorblind safety (ΔE under simulated CVD)

• Protanopia: ΔE total 255.9; preserves order: no
• Deuteranopia: ΔE total 244.2; preserves order: no
• Tritanopia: ΔE total 224.6; preserves order: no

Related

• Family: tol
• Source: Paul Tol, "Colour Schemes" (SRON/EPS/TN/09-002)
• Similar categorical maps: Bright, Dark, Discrete rainbow, High Contrast, Light, Medium Contrast, Muted, Pale
• All colormaps