Delete Colormap (Data Management)—ArcGIS Pro

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, that means this tool cannot be used.

Syntax

arcpy.management.DeleteColormap(in_raster)

Parameter	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 (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

This tool does not use any geoprocessing environments.

Licensing information

Basic: Yes
Standard: Yes
Advanced: Yes