A hardware implementation of a color look-up table. The frame buffer hardware uses each 8-bit pixel value as an index into this table when refreshing the physical display.
an area of memory where GUI systems map logical color numbers to hardware color codes
a three-dimensional display of a noise or vibration spectrum as a function of time or speed
a list of colors that is used by many pigments to color an object. The default color map is a blend from black to white. ( Language Reference)
A table of index-to-RGB mappings that's accessed by the display hardware. Each color index is read from the color buffer, converted to an RGB triple by lookup in the color map, and sent to the monitor.
a color plot visually representing deviations from actual to theoretical. Example: A customer requests a colormap inspection when needing to compare as-designed CAD files to as-build part data.
a graphical technique to visualize differences between the measured configuration of an object and its CAD model; dimensional differences are mapped onto the CAD model using a color spectrum to indicate location and magnitude. A reference key maps the deviations to values.
A texture map that modifies the color of a material.