# how to make a colormap and import it to paraview?

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-make-a-colormap-and-import-it-to-paraview/14744
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [May 30, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-make-a-colormap-and-import-it-to-paraview/14744 "2024-05-30T17:49:53Z")
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### Author: ![meng\_deng](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/meng_deng/32/11598_2.png) [@meng\_deng](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/meng_deng)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-make-a-colormap-and-import-it-to-paraview/14744/1 "2024-05-30T17:49:53Z")

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hi! I want to make a colormap for my model, I did not find the solution about this.

 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/0/0cbdb2dd8d95535b3b5fc9531dd03464e5fae843.png)

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2024, 7:16am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-make-a-colormap-and-import-it-to-paraview/14744/2 "2024-05-31T07:16:31Z")

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Looks at the preset dialog in View → Color Map Editor → Preset (the ❤ button).

There you can import and export colormap using a json based format.