Color palettes inspired by the natural beauty of America's most iconic National Parks
View Visualization Gallery →Each palette captures the essence of its National Park through carefully selected colors representing geology, flora, water, and sky. Designed with attention to color theory and data visualization best practices, these palettes work beautifully for both discrete and continuous data.
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Geothermal features, geysers, hot springs, wildlife, and forests. Golden bacterial mats, deep blue pools, orange-brown bison, grey-white steam, and evergreen forests.
Layered sedimentary rock formations from rim to river. Red rock, terracotta, sandy beige, dusty rose, and deep canyon shadows.
Granite cliffs, waterfalls, meadows, and giant sequoias. Granite grey, waterfall mist blue, meadow green, deep pine, and sunset on El Capitan.
Red rock canyons, Virgin River, and desert flora. Navajo sandstone red, canyon shadows, river blue-green, sage, and burnt sienna.
Coastal Maine, granite shores, forests, and ocean. Atlantic ocean blue, coastal granite grey, pink granite, forest green, and lighthouse white.
Alpine tundra, wildflowers, and snow-capped peaks. Sky blue, pristine snow, alpine wildflower purple, tundra green, and mountain grey.
Misty mountains, diverse forests, and wildflowers. Blue mist, mountain green, rhododendron pink, autumn orange, and deep forest.
Glacial lakes, mountains, and Going-to-the-Sun Road. Glacial turquoise, mountain grey, wildflower magenta, rocky brown, and forest green.
Rainforest, Pacific coast, and mountains. Moss green, ocean grey-blue, rain clouds, coastal rocks, and bright ferns.
Red rock formations and natural stone arches. Entrada sandstone red, desert sand, arch shadows, evening sky, and oxidized rock.
Distinctive desert trees and surreal rock formations. Desert tan, Joshua tree green, granite formations, sunset pink, and star-filled night sky.
Wetlands, sawgrass marshes, and diverse wildlife. Sawgrass green, tannin-stained water, sunset orange, white ibis, and mangrove forests.
Hoodoos (rock spires) and unique erosion patterns. Orange-red hoodoos, pink limestone, cream formations, iron-stained red, and shadow purple.
Jagged mountain peaks, alpine lakes, and meadows. Teton peak grey, Jackson Lake blue, wildflower yellow, aspen gold, and evergreen forest.
Blue Ridge Mountains, forests, and waterfalls. Blue ridge haze, mountain laurel pink, autumn red, forest green, and weathered rock grey.
Alaska's highest peak, tundra, and wildlife. Snow-capped peaks, tundra brown-green, clear sky blue, autumn tundra red, and mountain shadows.
Giant sequoia trees and Sierra Nevada mountains. Sequoia bark red-brown, forest floor, bark texture, mountain granite, and sky through canopy.
Deepest lake in the United States. Deep crater lake blue (one of the bluest waters in the world), caldera rim grey, sky reflection, volcanic rock, and snow.
Extreme desert, salt flats, and colorful badlands. White salt flats, Artist's Palette pink, desert gold, volcanic black rocks, and oxidized green minerals.
Layered rock formations and mixed-grass prairie. Yellow mounds, eroded pink-red formations, prairie grass, layered grey sediments, and sunset gold.
Chisos Mountains, Santa Elena Canyon, Rio Grande, and Chihuahuan Desert. Santa Elena limestone, Chisos twilight purple, desert sunset orange, Rio Grande green, and Chihuahuan sand.