Is there OpenCV colormap in python?

Question

I am aware of Matlab, matplotlib style colormap in OpenCV . The documentation explains its usage for C++. I was wondering if such an option exists for python using cv2 as w

Answer 1

For OpenCV 2.4.11, applyColorMap works in Python (even though the 2.4.11 docs still list only C++):

import cv2
im = cv2.imread('test.jpg', cv2.IMREAD_GRAYSCALE)
imC = cv2.applyColorMap(im, cv2.COLORMAP_JET)

See also this Stack Overflow answer.