Mangara
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6 years ago - A central hub with many nice colormaps (including some below): http://www.kennethmoreland.com/color-advice/
- Perceptual rainbow: https://mycarta.wordpress.com/2013/03/06/perceptual-rainbow-palette-the-goodies/ This follows a cube-law lightness curve.
- CubeHelix: https://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/~dag/CUBEHELIX/ These are another kind of linear color map, designed for use in astronomy. Perhaps a spiral in LAB space would work better, though?
- https://github.com/BIDS/colormap/blob/master/option_b.py
- Good diverging color maps: http://www.kennethmoreland.com/color-maps/