gmtcolors

Explanation of color codes in GMT

Description

Colors can be specified in GMT as arguments to commands, generally as part of the -G or -W options to select polygon fill or outline pen. Colors are also used in color palette tables (CPTs) that help convert numerical values to colors.

GMT allows several ways to represent a color:

Colorname

Specify one of the named colors below. All names are case-insensitive.

R/G/B

Specify Red, Green, and Blue levels. Each value is separated by a slash and is in the range from 0 (dark) to 255 (light). This representation is used to color monitors.

#RRGGBB

Specify Red, Green, and Blue levels in the way that it is done in HTML. Use two characters for each color channel, ranging from 00 (dark) to FF (light). Upper and lower case are allowed.

Graylevel

For shades of gray, R = G = B, and only one number needs to be used. This representation is popular with black and white printers.

H-S-V

Specify Hue in the range 0 to 360 (degrees), S saturation between 0 (not saturated) and 1 (fully saturated), and value V between 0 (dark) and 1 (light). Number are separated by hyphens. This representation can be helpful when hue varies a lot.

C/M/Y/K

Specify Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and blacK. Each number is in the range from 0 (no paint) to 100 (maximum paint). This representation is used by most color printers.

List Of Colors

The chart below lists the 663 unique color names that can be used in GMT.

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The 663 unique color names that can be used in GMT. Lower, upper, or mixed cases, as well as the british spelling of grey are allowed

The following list contains the named colors that can be used in GMT and their equivalent color codes.

R/G/B

Color Name

R/G/B

Color Name

R/G/B

Color Name

255/250/250

snow

248/248/255

ghostwhite

255/250/240

floralwhite

255/245/238

seashell

253/245/230

oldlace

250/240/230

linen

250/235/215

antiquewhite

255/239/213

papayawhip

255/235/205

blanchedalmond

255/228/196

bisque

255/218/185

peachpuff

255/222/173

navajowhite

255/228/181

moccasin

255/250/205

lemonchiffon

255/248/220

cornsilk

255/255/240

ivory

240/255/240

honeydew

245/255/250

mintcream

240/255/255

azure

240/248/255

aliceblue

230/230/250

lavender

255/240/245

lavenderblush

255/228/225

mistyrose

25/25/112

midnightblue

0/0/128

navy

0/0/128

navyblue

100/149/237

cornflowerblue

72/61/139

darkslateblue

106/90/205

slateblue

123/104/238

mediumslateblue

132/112/255

lightslateblue

0/0/205

mediumblue

65/105/225

royalblue

0/0/255

blue

0/0/139

darkblue

30/144/255

dodgerblue

70/130/180

steelblue

0/191/255

deepskyblue

135/206/235

skyblue

135/206/250

lightskyblue

119/136/153

lightslategray

119/136/153

lightslategrey

112/128/144

slategray

112/128/144

slategrey

176/196/222

lightsteelblue

173/216/230

lightblue

224/255/255

lightcyan

176/224/230

powderblue

175/238/238

paleturquoise

95/158/160

cadetblue

0/206/209

darkturquoise

72/209/204

mediumturquoise

64/224/208

turquoise

0/255/255

cyan

0/139/139

darkcyan

47/79/79

darkslategray

47/79/79

darkslategrey

102/205/170

mediumaquamarine

127/255/212

aquamarine

0/100/0

darkgreen

144/238/144

lightgreen

143/188/143

darkseagreen

46/139/87

seagreen

60/179/113

mediumseagreen

32/178/170

lightseagreen

152/251/152

palegreen

0/255/127

springgreen

124/252/0

lawngreen

0/255/0

green

127/255/0

chartreuse

0/250/154

mediumspringgreen

173/255/47

greenyellow

50/205/50

limegreen

154/205/50

yellowgreen

34/139/34

forestgreen

107/142/35

olivedrab

85/107/47

darkolivegreen

189/183/107

darkkhaki

240/230/140

khaki

238/232/170

palegoldenrod

238/221/130

lightgoldenrod

255/255/224

lightyellow

250/250/210

lightgoldenrodyellow

255/255/0

yellow

128/128/0

darkyellow

255/215/0

gold

218/165/32

goldenrod

184/134/11

darkgoldenrod

188/143/143

rosybrown

205/92/92

indianred

139/69/19

saddlebrown

160/82/45

sienna

205/133/63

peru

222/184/135

burlywood

245/245/220

beige

245/222/179

wheat

244/164/96

sandybrown

210/180/140

tan

210/105/30

chocolate

178/34/34

firebrick

235/190/85

lightbrown

165/42/42

brown

120/60/30

darkbrown

233/150/122

darksalmon

250/128/114

salmon

255/160/122

lightsalmon

255/192/128

lightorange

255/165/0

orange

255/140/0

darkorange

255/127/80

coral

240/128/128

lightcoral

255/99/71

tomato

255/69/0

orangered

255/0/0

red

255/128/128

lightred

139/0/0

darkred

255/20/147

deeppink

255/105/180

hotpink

255/192/203

pink

255/182/193

lightpink

219/112/147

palevioletred

176/48/96

maroon

199/21/133

mediumvioletred

208/32/144

violetred

139/0/139

darkmagenta

255/0/255

magenta

255/128/255

lightmagenta

238/130/238

violet

218/112/214

orchid

221/160/221

plum

186/85/211

mediumorchid

153/50/204

darkorchid

148/0/211

darkviolet

138/43/226

blueviolet

160/32/240

purple

147/112/219

mediumpurple

216/191/216

thistle

0/0/0

black

105/105/105

dimgray

105/105/105

dimgrey

169/169/169

darkgray

169/169/169

darkgrey

190/190/190

gray

190/190/190

grey

211/211/211

lightgrey

211/211/211

lightgray

220/220/220

gainsboro

245/245/245

whitesmoke

255/255/255

white

255/250/250

snow1

238/233/233

snow2

205/201/201

snow3

139/137/137

snow4

255/245/238

seashell1

238/229/222

seashell2

205/197/191

seashell3

139/134/130

seashell4

255/239/219

antiquewhite1

238/223/204

antiquewhite2

205/192/176

antiquewhite3

139/131/120

antiquewhite4

255/228/196

bisque1

238/213/183

bisque2

205/183/158

bisque3

139/125/107

bisque4

255/218/185

peachpuff1

238/203/173

peachpuff2

205/175/149

peachpuff3

139/119/101

peachpuff4

255/222/173

navajowhite1

238/207/161

navajowhite2

205/179/139

navajowhite3

139/121/94

navajowhite4

255/250/205

lemonchiffon1

238/233/191

lemonchiffon2

205/201/165

lemonchiffon3

139/137/112

lemonchiffon4

255/248/220

cornsilk1

238/232/205

cornsilk2

205/200/177

cornsilk3

139/136/120

cornsilk4

255/255/240

ivory1

238/238/224

ivory2

205/205/193

ivory3

139/139/131

ivory4

240/255/240

honeydew1

224/238/224

honeydew2

193/205/193

honeydew3

131/139/131

honeydew4

255/240/245

lavenderblush1

238/224/229

lavenderblush2

205/193/197

lavenderblush3

139/131/134

lavenderblush4

255/228/225

mistyrose1

238/213/210

mistyrose2

205/183/181

mistyrose3

139/125/123

mistyrose4

240/255/255

azure1

224/238/238

azure2

193/205/205

azure3

131/139/139

azure4

131/111/255

slateblue1

122/103/238

slateblue2

105/89/205

slateblue3

71/60/139

slateblue4

72/118/255

royalblue1

67/110/238

royalblue2

58/95/205

royalblue3

39/64/139

royalblue4

0/0/255

blue1

0/0/238

blue2

0/0/205

blue3

0/0/139

blue4

30/144/255

dodgerblue1

28/134/238

dodgerblue2

24/116/205

dodgerblue3

16/78/139

dodgerblue4

99/184/255

steelblue1

92/172/238

steelblue2

79/148/205

steelblue3

54/100/139

steelblue4

0/191/255

deepskyblue1

0/178/238

deepskyblue2

0/154/205

deepskyblue3

0/104/139

deepskyblue4

135/206/255

skyblue1

126/192/238

skyblue2

108/166/205

skyblue3

74/112/139

skyblue4

176/226/255

lightskyblue1

164/211/238

lightskyblue2

141/182/205

lightskyblue3

96/123/139

lightskyblue4

198/226/255

slategray1

185/211/238

slategray2

159/182/205

slategray3

108/123/139

slategray4

202/225/255

lightsteelblue1

188/210/238

lightsteelblue2

162/181/205

lightsteelblue3

110/123/139

lightsteelblue4

191/239/255

lightblue1

178/223/238

lightblue2

154/192/205

lightblue3

104/131/139

lightblue4

224/255/255

lightcyan1

209/238/238

lightcyan2

180/205/205

lightcyan3

122/139/139

lightcyan4

187/255/255

paleturquoise1

174/238/238

paleturquoise2

150/205/205

paleturquoise3

102/139/139

paleturquoise4

152/245/255

cadetblue1

142/229/238

cadetblue2

122/197/205

cadetblue3

83/134/139

cadetblue4

0/245/255

turquoise1

0/229/238

turquoise2

0/197/205

turquoise3

0/134/139

turquoise4

0/255/255

cyan1

0/238/238

cyan2

0/205/205

cyan3

0/139/139

cyan4

151/255/255

darkslategray1

141/238/238

darkslategray2

121/205/205

darkslategray3

82/139/139

darkslategray4

127/255/212

aquamarine1

118/238/198

aquamarine2

102/205/170

aquamarine3

69/139/116

aquamarine4

193/255/193

darkseagreen1

180/238/180

darkseagreen2

155/205/155

darkseagreen3

105/139/105

darkseagreen4

84/255/159

seagreen1

78/238/148

seagreen2

67/205/128

seagreen3

46/139/87

seagreen4

154/255/154

palegreen1

144/238/144

palegreen2

124/205/124

palegreen3

84/139/84

palegreen4

0/255/127

springgreen1

0/238/118

springgreen2

0/205/102

springgreen3

0/139/69

springgreen4

0/255/0

green1

0/238/0

green2

0/205/0

green3

0/139/0

green4

127/255/0

chartreuse1

118/238/0

chartreuse2

102/205/0

chartreuse3

69/139/0

chartreuse4

192/255/62

olivedrab1

179/238/58

olivedrab2

154/205/50

olivedrab3

105/139/34

olivedrab4

202/255/112

darkolivegreen1

188/238/104

darkolivegreen2

162/205/90

darkolivegreen3

110/139/61

darkolivegreen4

255/246/143

khaki1

238/230/133

khaki2

205/198/115

khaki3

139/134/78

khaki4

255/236/139

lightgoldenrod1

238/220/130

lightgoldenrod2

205/190/112

lightgoldenrod3

139/129/76

lightgoldenrod4

255/255/224

lightyellow1

238/238/209

lightyellow2

205/205/180

lightyellow3

139/139/122

lightyellow4

255/255/0

yellow1

238/238/0

yellow2

205/205/0

yellow3

139/139/0

yellow4

255/215/0

gold1

238/201/0

gold2

205/173/0

gold3

139/117/0

gold4

255/193/37

goldenrod1

238/180/34

goldenrod2

205/155/29

goldenrod3

139/105/20

goldenrod4

255/185/15

darkgoldenrod1

238/173/14

darkgoldenrod2

205/149/12

darkgoldenrod3

139/101/8

darkgoldenrod4

255/193/193

rosybrown1

238/180/180

rosybrown2

205/155/155

rosybrown3

139/105/105

rosybrown4

255/106/106

indianred1

238/99/99

indianred2

205/85/85

indianred3

139/58/58

indianred4

255/130/71

sienna1

238/121/66

sienna2

205/104/57

sienna3

139/71/38

sienna4

255/211/155

burlywood1

238/197/145

burlywood2

205/170/125

burlywood3

139/115/85

burlywood4

255/231/186

wheat1

238/216/174

wheat2

205/186/150

wheat3

139/126/102

wheat4

255/165/79

tan1

238/154/73

tan2

205/133/63

tan3

139/90/43

tan4

255/127/36

chocolate1

238/118/33

chocolate2

205/102/29

chocolate3

139/69/19

chocolate4

255/48/48

firebrick1

238/44/44

firebrick2

205/38/38

firebrick3

139/26/26

firebrick4

255/64/64

brown1

238/59/59

brown2

205/51/51

brown3

139/35/35

brown4

255/140/105

salmon1

238/130/98

salmon2

205/112/84

salmon3

139/76/57

salmon4

255/160/122

lightsalmon1

238/149/114

lightsalmon2

205/129/98

lightsalmon3

139/87/66

lightsalmon4

255/165/0

orange1

238/154/0

orange2

205/133/0

orange3

139/90/0

orange4

255/127/0

darkorange1

238/118/0

darkorange2

205/102/0

darkorange3

139/69/0

darkorange4

255/114/86

coral1

238/106/80

coral2

205/91/69

coral3

139/62/47

coral4

255/99/71

tomato1

238/92/66

tomato2

205/79/57

tomato3

139/54/38

tomato4

255/69/0

orangered1

238/64/0

orangered2

205/55/0

orangered3

139/37/0

orangered4

255/0/0

red1

238/0/0

red2

205/0/0

red3

139/0/0

red4

255/20/147

deeppink1

238/18/137

deeppink2

205/16/118

deeppink3

139/10/80

deeppink4

255/110/180

hotpink1

238/106/167

hotpink2

205/96/144

hotpink3

139/58/98

hotpink4

255/181/197

pink1

238/169/184

pink2

205/145/158

pink3

139/99/108

pink4

255/174/185

lightpink1

238/162/173

lightpink2

205/140/149

lightpink3

139/95/101

lightpink4

255/130/171

palevioletred1

238/121/159

palevioletred2

205/104/137

palevioletred3

139/71/93

palevioletred4

255/52/179

maroon1

238/48/167

maroon2

205/41/144

maroon3

139/28/98

maroon4

255/62/150

violetred1

238/58/140

violetred2

205/50/120

violetred3

139/34/82

violetred4

255/0/255

magenta1

238/0/238

magenta2

205/0/205

magenta3

139/0/139

magenta4

255/131/250

orchid1

238/122/233

orchid2

205/105/201

orchid3

139/71/137

orchid4

255/187/255

plum1

238/174/238

plum2

205/150/205

plum3

139/102/139

plum4

224/102/255

mediumorchid1

209/95/238

mediumorchid2

180/82/205

mediumorchid3

122/55/139

mediumorchid4

191/62/255

darkorchid1

178/58/238

darkorchid2

154/50/205

darkorchid3

104/34/139

darkorchid4

155/48/255

purple1

145/44/238

purple2

125/38/205

purple3

85/26/139

purple4

171/130/255

mediumpurple1

159/121/238

mediumpurple2

137/104/205

mediumpurple3

93/71/139

mediumpurple4

255/225/255

thistle1

238/210/238

thistle2

205/181/205

thistle3

139/123/139

thistle4

0/0/0

gray0

0/0/0

grey0

3/3/3

gray1

3/3/3

grey1

5/5/5

gray2

5/5/5

grey2

8/8/8

gray3

8/8/8

grey3

10/10/10

gray4

10/10/10

grey4

13/13/13

gray5

13/13/13

grey5

15/15/15

gray6

15/15/15

grey6

18/18/18

gray7

18/18/18

grey7

20/20/20

gray8

20/20/20

grey8

23/23/23

gray9

23/23/23

grey9

26/26/26

gray10

26/26/26

grey10

28/28/28

gray11

28/28/28

grey11

31/31/31

gray12

31/31/31

grey12

33/33/33

gray13

33/33/33

grey13

36/36/36

gray14

36/36/36

grey14

38/38/38

gray15

38/38/38

grey15

41/41/41

gray16

41/41/41

grey16

43/43/43

gray17

43/43/43

grey17

46/46/46

gray18

46/46/46

grey18

48/48/48

gray19

48/48/48

grey19

51/51/51

gray20

51/51/51

grey20

54/54/54

gray21

54/54/54

grey21

56/56/56

gray22

56/56/56

grey22

59/59/59

gray23

59/59/59

grey23

61/61/61

gray24

61/61/61

grey24

64/64/64

gray25

64/64/64

grey25

66/66/66

gray26

66/66/66

grey26

69/69/69

gray27

69/69/69

grey27

71/71/71

gray28

71/71/71

grey28

74/74/74

gray29

74/74/74

grey29

77/77/77

gray30

77/77/77

grey30

79/79/79

gray31

79/79/79

grey31

82/82/82

gray32

82/82/82

grey32

84/84/84

gray33

84/84/84

grey33

87/87/87

gray34

87/87/87

grey34

89/89/89

gray35

89/89/89

grey35

92/92/92

gray36

92/92/92

grey36

94/94/94

gray37

94/94/94

grey37

97/97/97

gray38

97/97/97

grey38

99/99/99

gray39

99/99/99

grey39

102/102/102

gray40

102/102/102

grey40

105/105/105

gray41

105/105/105

grey41

107/107/107

gray42

107/107/107

grey42

110/110/110

gray43

110/110/110

grey43

112/112/112

gray44

112/112/112

grey44

115/115/115

gray45

115/115/115

grey45

117/117/117

gray46

117/117/117

grey46

120/120/120

gray47

120/120/120

grey47

122/122/122

gray48

122/122/122

grey48

125/125/125

gray49

125/125/125

grey49

127/127/127

gray50

127/127/127

grey50

130/130/130

gray51

130/130/130

grey51

133/133/133

gray52

133/133/133

grey52

135/135/135

gray53

135/135/135

grey53

138/138/138

gray54

138/138/138

grey54

140/140/140

gray55

140/140/140

grey55

143/143/143

gray56

143/143/143

grey56

145/145/145

gray57

145/145/145

grey57

148/148/148

gray58

148/148/148

grey58

150/150/150

gray59

150/150/150

grey59

153/153/153

gray60

153/153/153

grey60

156/156/156

gray61

156/156/156

grey61

158/158/158

gray62

158/158/158

grey62

161/161/161

gray63

161/161/161

grey63

163/163/163

gray64

163/163/163

grey64

166/166/166

gray65

166/166/166

grey65

168/168/168

gray66

168/168/168

grey66

171/171/171

gray67

171/171/171

grey67

173/173/173

gray68

173/173/173

grey68

176/176/176

gray69

176/176/176

grey69

179/179/179

gray70

179/179/179

grey70

181/181/181

gray71

181/181/181

grey71

184/184/184

gray72

184/184/184

grey72

186/186/186

gray73

186/186/186

grey73

189/189/189

gray74

189/189/189

grey74

191/191/191

gray75

191/191/191

grey75

194/194/194

gray76

194/194/194

grey76

196/196/196

gray77

196/196/196

grey77

199/199/199

gray78

199/199/199

grey78

201/201/201

gray79

201/201/201

grey79

204/204/204

gray80

204/204/204

grey80

207/207/207

gray81

207/207/207

grey81

209/209/209

gray82

209/209/209

grey82

212/212/212

gray83

212/212/212

grey83

214/214/214

gray84

214/214/214

grey84

217/217/217

gray85

217/217/217

grey85

219/219/219

gray86

219/219/219

grey86

222/222/222

gray87

222/222/222

grey87

224/224/224

gray88

224/224/224

grey88

227/227/227

gray89

227/227/227

grey89

229/229/229

gray90

229/229/229

grey90

232/232/232

gray91

232/232/232

grey91

235/235/235

gray92

235/235/235

grey92

237/237/237

gray93

237/237/237

grey93

240/240/240

gray94

240/240/240

grey94

242/242/242

gray95

242/242/242

grey95

245/245/245

gray96

245/245/245

grey96

247/247/247

gray97

247/247/247

grey97

250/250/250

gray98

250/250/250

grey98

252/252/252

gray99

252/252/252

grey99

255/255/255

gray100

255/255/255

grey100

Further Information

For more information on the use of color, read Chapter Color Systems and Artificial Illumination of the CookBook.

See Also

gmt.conf, gmtlogo, grdcontour, grdvector, grdview, basemap, coast, contour, histogram, image, legend, mask, rose, text, wiggle, plot, plot3d