Matlab colormaps as seen by color-blind users

Version 1.3.0.0 (29.6 KB) by Vlad Atanasiu
This image provides simulations of how the standard Matlab colormaps look to color-blind users.
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The choice of colormaps for data visualization can affect the information accessible to color-blind users. For example large patches of cyan in an image with a bitonal cyan-magenta colormap (Matlab's "cool") might become invisible to Protanopes if displayed on white background.

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Vlad Atanasiu (2024). Matlab colormaps as seen by color-blind users (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/30161-matlab-colormaps-as-seen-by-color-blind-users), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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Created with R2010a
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Inspired: MatPlotLib Perceptually Uniform Colormaps

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1.3.0.0

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1.0.0.0