I’m happy to announce the release of Palettable version 3.0. Palettable is a Python library that packages a variety of color palettes for use with matplotlib or really anywhere. Here’s the full diff since the last release.

This release includes a number of new palettes:

• cmocean from Kristen Thyng’s cmocean library
• New matplotlib palettes as added to matplotlib 1.5
• Sequential palettes from MyCarta
• Additional Wes Anderson palettes from the Wes Anderson Palettes blog

The new cmocean, matplotlib, and MyCarta palettes are created from data that contains 256 color points per palette. By default palettes are created with lengths 3-20 colors, but you can request longer ones via the get_map function. For example, to get the matplotlib Viridis palette with 200 color points:

In [2]: palettable.matplotlib.get_map('Viridis_200')

You can find Palettable on the web at:

• Docs: https://jiffyclub.github.io/palettable/
• GitHub: https://github.com/jiffyclub/palettable
• PyPI: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/palettable/

P.S.: Here’s a little demo notebook.