Catalogue
Catalogue of ColorSchemes
The library includes hundreds of curated colorschemes across multiple scientific, artistic, and visualization domain categories.
You can search and filter scheme names programmatically using findColorScheme():
import { findColorScheme } from 'color-schemes-js';
findColorScheme("ocean");
Category Overview
cmocean
Beautiful colormaps for oceanography. Designed by Kristen Thyng.
Reference: cmocean matplotlib
scientific
Perceptually uniform scientific colormaps designed by Fabio Crameri to prevent visual distortion of data.
Reference: Scientific Colour Maps
matplotlib
Popular colormaps from Python's Matplotlib library, including viridis, inferno, plasma, magma, and cividis.
Reference: Matplotlib Colormaps
colorbrewer
Classic palettes designed by Cynthia Brewer for cartography and visualization.
Reference: ColorBrewer 2.0
gnuplot
Classic palettes used in Gnuplot graph plotting software.
Reference: GNUPlot
colorcet
Perceptually uniform colormaps designed by Peter Kovesi.
Reference: ColorCET
CMasher
Scientific colormaps designed for accessible, informative data presentation by Ellert van der Velden.
Reference: CMasher Docs
cmyt
Scientific colormaps from the yt project for astrophysical simulations.
Reference: cmyt Repository
Seaborn
Color palettes used by Seaborn, Python's statistical data visualization library.
Reference: Seaborn Palettes
ggthemes / Tableau
Color palettes inspired by Tableau and ggplot2 themes.
Reference: ggthemes
Color-Vision Deficient (CVD) Friendly
Palettes specifically designed or tested for accessibility by viewers with color-vision deficiencies (protanopia, deuteranopia, tritanopia), by authors such as Paul Tol, Masataka Okabe, and Kei Ito.
Artistic & Masterworks
Artistic palettes inspired by fine art, cinema, and historical color studies (MetBrewer, Ghibli, Wes Anderson, Sanzo Wada, Leonardo da Vinci, Vermeer).
UI & Syntax Themes
Themes inspired by popular developer environments and syntax highlighters, including Catppuccin, Nord, and Dracula.
Flags & National Palettes
Official color palettes derived from national flags around the world.