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Delete Colormap

Summary

Removes the color map associated with a raster dataset.

Usage

  • This tool will not work when the color map is internally stored in the attribute table of an IMG or TIFF dataset. If the attribute table contains the fields Red, Green, and Blue, that means this tool cannot be used.

Syntax

DeleteColormap_management (in_raster)
ParameterExplanationData Type
in_raster

The raster dataset that containing the colormap you want to remove.

Raster Layer

Code sample

DeleteColormap Example (Python Window)

This is a Python sample for the DeleteColormap tool.

import arcpy
arcpy.DeleteColormap_management("c:/data/delcolormap.tif")
DeleteColormap Example 2 (Stand-alone script)

This is a Python script sample for the DeleteColormap tool.

##====================================
##Delete Colormap
##Usage: CalculateStatistics_management in_raster
    
import arcpy
arcpy.env.workspace = r"C:/Workspace"

##Delete the colormap of single band image if exist
arcpy.DeleteColormap_management("nocolormap.img")

Environments

Licensing information

  • ArcGIS for Desktop Basic: Yes
  • ArcGIS for Desktop Standard: Yes
  • ArcGIS for Desktop Advanced: Yes

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