Delete Colormap (Data Management Tools)

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 a TIFF dataset. If the attribute table contains the fields Red, Green, and Blue, this tool cannot be used.

Label	Explanation	Data type
Input Raster	The raster dataset that containing the color map you want to remove.	Raster Layer

Derived output

Label	Explanation	Data type
Updated Input Raster	The output raster dataset.	Raster Layer

arcpy.management.DeleteColormap(in_raster)

Name	Explanation	Data type
in_raster	The raster dataset that containing the color map you want to remove.	Raster Layer

Derived output

Name	Explanation	Data type
out_raster	The output raster dataset.	Raster Layer

Code sample

DeleteColormap example 1 (Python window)

This is a Python sample for the DeleteColormap tool.

import arcpy
arcpy.management.DeleteColormap("c:/data/delcolormap.tif")

DeleteColormap example 2 (stand-alone script)

This is a Python script sample for the DeleteColormap tool.

##====================================
##Delete Colormap

import arcpy
arcpy.env.workspace = r"C:/Workspace"

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

Environments

This tool does not use any geoprocessing environments.

Licensing information

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Standard: Yes
Advanced: Yes

Delete Colormap (Data Management Tools)

Summary

Usage

Parameters

Derived output

Environments

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