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It provides exports to a number of known\nthird-party colormap objects, allowing it to be used across a wide range of\npython visualization libraries.  The intention is to provide a library that can\nbe used by any python library that needs colormaps, without forcing the user to\ninstall matplotlib (while still being compatible with matplotlib and other\nlibraries that use matplotlib colormaps).\n\n`cmap` is strictly typed and fully tested, with a focus on good developer\nexperience.\n\n## Install\n\n```\npip install cmap\n```\n\n```\nconda install -c conda-forge cmap\n```\n\n## Usage\n\nSee [Documentation](https://cmap-docs.readthedocs.io/) for full details.\n\n### [`cmap.Color`](https://cmap-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/colors/)\n\nThe `cmap.Color` object is a simple wrapper around a tuple of RGBA scalars, with\na few convenience methods for converting to other color objects.\n\n```python\nfrom cmap import Color\n\nred = Color(\"red\")  # or a variety of other \"color like\" inputs\n```\n\n### [`cmap.Colormap`](https://cmap-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/colormaps/)\n\nThe `cmap.Colormap` object is a callable that can map a scalar value (or numpy\narray of values) to an RGBA color (or a numpy array of RGBA colors).  API is\nintended to mimic the behavior of a\n[`matplotlib.colors.Colormap`](https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.colors.Colormap.html#matplotlib.colors.Colormap)\nobject (without requiring matplotlib)\n\n```python\nIn [1]: import cmap\n\n# or a variety of other \"colormap like\" inputs\nIn [2]: cmap1 = cmap.Colormap([\"red\", \"green\", \"blue\"])\n\nIn [3]: cmap1(np.linspace(0,1,5))\nOut[3]:\narray([[1.        , 0.        , 0.        , 1.        ],\n       [0.50393701, 0.24900417, 0.        , 1.        ],\n       [0.        , 0.50196078, 0.        , 1.        ],\n       [0.        , 0.24900417, 0.50393701, 1.        ],\n       [0.        , 0.        , 1.        , 1.        ]])\n```\n\nNote that the input array must be normalized from 0-1, so if you're applying a colormap\nto an integer array (like an image) you must apply any contrast limits and rescale to\n0-1 before passing it to a `Colormap`.\n\n## Third Party Library Support\n\nThe `cmap.Colormap` object has convenience methods that export it to a number of known\nthird-party colormap objects, including:\n\n- [matplotlib](https://matplotlib.org/)\n- [napari](https://napari.org/)\n- [vispy](https://vispy.org/)\n- [pygfx](https://pygfx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) (\u0026 [fastplotlib](https://github.com/fastplotlib/fastplotlib))\n- [plotly](https://plotly.com/python/)\n- [bokeh](https://docs.bokeh.org/en/latest/)\n- [altair](https://altair-viz.github.io/)\n- [earthengine-api](https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/guides/quickstart_python)\n- [pyqtgraph](https://www.pyqtgraph.org/)\n\nSee [documentation](https://cmap-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/colormaps/#usage-with-external-visualization-libraries)\nfor details.\n\nIf you would like to see support added for a particular library, please open an issue or PR.\n\n## Alternatives\n\nOther libraries providing colormaps:\n\n- [matplotlib](https://matplotlib.org/stable/tutorials/colors/colormaps.html)\n- [seaborn](https://seaborn.pydata.org/tutorial/color_palettes.html)  (subclasses matplotlib)\n- [proplot](https://proplot.readthedocs.io/en/latest/colormaps.html)  (subclasses matplotlib)\n- [palettable](https://jiffyclub.github.io/palettable/) (mostly data, import doesn't depend on matplotlib, but usage largely does)\n- [cmocean](https://matplotlib.org/cmocean/) (mostly data, outputs matplotlib colormaps)\n- [colorcet](https://colorcet.holoviz.org/) (mostly data, usage requires either matplotlib or bokeh)\n- [cmasher](https://cmasher.readthedocs.io/) (requires matplotlib)\n- [cmyt](https://github.com/yt-project/cmyt) (requires matplotlib)\n- [cmcrameri](https://github.com/callumrollo/cmcrameri) (requires matplotlib, wraps \u003chttps://www.fabiocrameri.ch/colourmaps/\u003e)\n- [distinctipy](https://github.com/alan-turing-institute/distinctipy)  (generates distinct color sets, only requires numpy)\n- [Farrow \u0026 Ball Matplotlib](https://github.com/vork/farrowandball) (requires matplotlib)\n- [mplcyberpunk](https://github.com/dhaitz/mplcyberpunk) (requires matplotlib)\n\n## References and Further reading\n\n- [Choosing Colormaps in Matplotlib](https://matplotlib.org/stable/tutorials/colors/colormaps.html)\n- [A Better Default Colormap for Matplotlib | SciPy 2015 | Nathaniel Smith and Stéfan van der Walt](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAoljeRJ3lU)\n- blog post for above video: \u003chttps://bids.github.io/colormap/\u003e\n- [Origins of Colormaps, Cleve Moler, February 2, 2015](https://blogs.mathworks.com/cleve/2015/02/02/origins-of-colormaps/)\n- [Documenting the matplotlib colormaps, @endolith](https://gist.github.com/endolith/2719900)\n- [Color Map Advice for Scientific Visualization](https://www.kennethmoreland.com/color-advice/)\n- \u003chttps://colorcet.com/\u003e, Peter Kovesi\n- [Kovesi: Good Colour Maps: How to Design Them.](https://arxiv.org/abs/1509.03700)\n- \u003chttps://www.fabiocrameri.ch/colourmaps/\u003e\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fpyapp-kit%2Fcmap","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fpyapp-kit%2Fcmap","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fpyapp-kit%2Fcmap/lists"}