We all know that math is beautiful in and of itself—but sometimes students might need a little convincing. What better way to do that then sprucing up your math with a little colour? With Maple Learn, plot colours are fully customizable. We have several colour palettes to choose from—want your document to evoke the delicate tones of springtime? Looking for a palette that’s colourblind friendly? Or maybe you’re just nostalgic for the colours of Maple V? All these options and more are available for making your graphs colourful and coordinated. But maybe you’re the kind of person who wants to go against the grain, and you laugh in the face of predetermined colour coordination. Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered too! With our colour selector, you can also choose your own custom colours. The full colour spectrum is right at your fingertips. To learn more about how to customize the colours on your document, check out this How-To guide.

And of course, the potential for colour inevitably leads to the potential for art. Our Maple Learn Art Gallery has plenty of fun and colourful works you can admire and contemplate (and maybe even draw inspiration from!). One of our most recent and most colourful additions is this document showcasing the history of the rainbow pride flag, in honour of June being Pride Month. You can use the slider to move through time, letting you see how the colours on the flag evolved and read about the meanings behind them. And, thanks to the colour selector, the colours match the precise shades used for the original flags! That’s the magic of hexadecimal colours for you.

Hold on—the magic of hexadecimal colours, I hear you ask? What an enticing concept. If only we had some kind of document, perhaps one made in Maple Learn, that explained how hexadecimal colours worked and included an interactive example so that you could easily see how the red, green, and blue colour values blend together to create any given colour… Too bad we don’t!

Just kidding. Of course we do.

If all these colours have inspired you, be sure to check out our Call for Creative Works for the upcoming Maple Conference! Maybe your colourful creation could be this year’s winner.