# White color appears cream/beige in contour plots.

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/white-color-appears-cream-beige-in-contour-plots/17252
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [October 19, 2025, 2:38am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/white-color-appears-cream-beige-in-contour-plots/17252 "2025-10-19T02:38:58Z")
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### Author: ![venkcy](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/venkcy/32/17103_2.png) [@venkcy](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/venkcy)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2025, 2:38am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/white-color-appears-cream-beige-in-contour-plots/17252/1 "2025-10-19T02:38:58Z")

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I am using BWR colormap for contour plots. Instead of white color for **scalar ‘0’** value, I get cream or yellowish. Please suggest tips.

 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/3X/d/4/d457b537b2573ea0ec8e871bcc8b91cdfb8da694.jpeg)

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### Author: ![GregVernon](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/gregvernon/32/1494_2.png) [@GregVernon](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/GregVernon)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/white-color-appears-cream-beige-in-contour-plots/17252/2 "2025-10-19T16:54:58Z")

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Fairly certain what you’re seeing is lighting / shading on the surface(s). For example, here’s an ellipsoid:

 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/3X/a/7/a7bd4e211a1bca522d8d5bf338a0031e5177bd08.jpeg)

If I go to it’s `Properties` panel and turn on `Advanced Settings` via the “gear” icon ( ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/3X/a/7/a7294fa9ab828277d8a82fd637ec6ba5f0ae8564.png)) then I have an option to `Disable Lighting` under the `Lighting` panel:

![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/3X/3/3/33470f4f7ea8a276b92a841aa6578fb1ed2483b4.png)

Then I get a “true to colorbar” rendering:

 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/3X/c/4/c41d48431b12c7f17ca24cf02b3e5d8380eef221.jpeg)