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colorspace: A Python Toolbox for Manipulating and Assessing Colors and Palettes

2024/07/29 by Reto Stauffer, Achim Zeileis, Stauffer, Reto +1
Physics and Astronomy · Psychology · #Color Science and Applications #Color perception and design #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Graphics (cs.GR)

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2407.19921

openalex publication_date 2024/07/29 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

The Python colorspace package provides a toolbox for mapping between different color spaces which can then be used to generate a wide range of perceptually-based color palettes for qualitative or quantitative (sequential or diverging) information. These palettes (as well as any other sets of colors) can be visualized, assessed, and manipulated in various ways, e.g., by color swatches, emulating the effects of color vision deficiencies, or depicting the perceptual properties. Finally, the color palettes generated by the package can be easily integrated into standard visualization workflows in Python, e.g., using matplotlib, seaborn, or plotly.

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