JMSL Chart Guide: Colormaps

JMSL Chart Programmer's Guide

Colormaps

Colormaps are mappings from [0,1] to colors. They are a one-dimensional parameterized path through the color cube. For an example of their use, see Heatmap.

A number of colormaps are predefined in the Colormap class. It is also possible to create new custom colormaps.

The predefined colormaps are listed in the table below.




RED

Light red to dark red



GREEN

Light green to dark green



BLUE

Light blue to dark blue



BW_LINEAR

Black and white linear



BLUE_WHITE

Blue/White



GREEN_RED_BLUE_WHITE 

Green/Red/Blue/White



RED_TEMPERATURE 

Red Temperature



BLUE_GREEN_RED_YELLOW

Blue/Green/Red/Yellow



STANDARD_GAMMA

Standard Gamma



PRISM

Prism



RED_PURPLE

Red/Purple



GREEN_WHITE_LINEAR

Green/White Linear



GREEN_WHITE_EXPONENTIAL

Green/White Exponential



GREEN_PINK

Green/Pink



BLUE_RED

Blue/Red



LEVEL_16

16 Levels



SPECTRAL

Spectral



WHITE_BLUE_LINEAR

White/Blue Linear

`RED`	Light red to dark red
`GREEN`	Light green to dark green
`BLUE`	Light blue to dark blue
`BW_LINEAR`	Black and white linear
`BLUE_WHITE`	Blue/White
`GREEN_RED_BLUE_WHITE`	Green/Red/Blue/White
`RED_TEMPERATURE`	Red Temperature
`BLUE_GREEN_RED_YELLOW`	Blue/Green/Red/Yellow
`STANDARD_GAMMA`	Standard Gamma
`PRISM`	Prism
`RED_PURPLE`	Red/Purple
`GREEN_WHITE_LINEAR`	Green/White Linear
`GREEN_WHITE_EXPONENTIAL`	Green/White Exponential
`GREEN_PINK`	Green/Pink
`BLUE_RED`	Blue/Red
`LEVEL_16`	16 Levels
`SPECTRAL`	Spectral
`WHITE_BLUE_LINEAR`	White/Blue Linear