# Why Makie's default color cycle not defined in ColorSchemes.jl?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-makies-default-color-cycle-not-defined-in-colorschemes-jl/88711>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** makie\
**Created:** [October 14, 2022, 7:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-makies-default-color-cycle-not-defined-in-colorschemes-jl/88711 "2022-10-14T07:18:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![liuyxpp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/liuyxpp/32/9870_2.png) [@liuyxpp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/liuyxpp)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 7:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-makies-default-color-cycle-not-defined-in-colorschemes-jl/88711/1 "2022-10-14T07:18:41Z")

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I notice [here](https://github.com/MakieOrg/Makie.jl/blob/master/src/theming.jl) that the default color cycle is based on colors produced by `wong_colors`, which is not available in ColorSchemes.jl.

As pointed in [this post](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-reproduce-the-makie-default-colors/84261/5), it is quite similar to `ColorSchemes.seaborn_colorblind6`. Why not Makie just use `ColorSchemes.seaborn_colorblind6` or alternatively, add this wong\_color schemes to ColorSchemes.jl?

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**Author:** ![jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/41988e/32.png) [@jules](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jules)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-makies-default-color-cycle-not-defined-in-colorschemes-jl/88711/2 "2022-10-14T14:34:26Z")

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The reason is just historic, also I changed the order of the original Wong colors in a way I liked better for our theme.

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**Author:** ![liuyxpp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/liuyxpp/32/9870_2.png) [@liuyxpp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/liuyxpp)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 1:48am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-makies-default-color-cycle-not-defined-in-colorschemes-jl/88711/3 "2022-10-15T01:48:53Z")

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Thanks! I’d rather stick to the order used by tab10 and seaborn. Moreover, I think the yellow in Wong colors is too light which makes it very hard to read in a journal article.

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**Author:** ![jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/41988e/32.png) [@jules](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jules)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 6:14am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-makies-default-color-cycle-not-defined-in-colorschemes-jl/88711/4 "2022-10-15T06:14:35Z")

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You do you 🙂