CMasher: Scientific colormaps for making accessible, informative and cmashing plots

This is the documentation for the CMasher package, a collection of scientific colormaps and utility functions for making accessible, informative and cmashing plots in Python. It is written in pure Python 3 and publicly available on GitHub. CMasher has also been published in the Journal of Open Source Software.

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The documentation of CMasher is spread out over several sections:

• User Documentation

• API Reference

User Documentation

• Introduction
  • Description
  • Colormap overview
  • How to install
  • Example use
• Background
• Usage
  • Accessing colormaps
    • R
  • Colormap overviews
    • CMasher colormaps
    • Colormap categories
    • Full overview
    • Sequential colormaps
  • Colormap application overview
  • Command-line interface (CLI)
  • Custom colormaps
  • Legend entries
  • Sub-colormaps
  • Taking colormap colors
• Sequential colormaps
  • amber
  • apple
  • arctic
  • bubblegum
  • chroma
  • cosmic
  • dusk
  • eclipse
  • ember
  • fall
  • flamingo
  • freeze
  • gem
  • gothic
  • heat
  • horizon
  • jungle
  • lavender
  • lilac
  • neon
  • neutral
  • nuclear
  • ocean
  • pepper
  • rainforest
  • savanna
  • sepia
  • sunburst
  • swamp
  • toxic
  • tree
  • voltage
• Diverging colormaps
  • fusion
  • guppy
  • iceburn
  • pride
  • redshift
  • seasons
  • viola
  • waterlily
  • watermelon
  • wildfire
• FAQ
  • Can/How do I request a colormap?
  • Can I add my own colormaps?
  • Can I request a colormap utility feature?
  • The edges of white-centered diverging colormaps are too similar
  • There are artifacts in a CMasher colormap
• Community guidelines
  • License
  • Citation

API Reference

• CMasher