diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/colorcet/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/colorcet/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..83095a6a562
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/colorcet/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, param
+, pyct
+, nbsmoke
+, flake8
+, pytest
+, pytest-mpl
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "colorcet";
+  version = "2.0.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "ab1d16aba97f54af190631c7777c356b04b53de549672ff6b01c66d716eddff3";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    param
+    pyct
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    nbsmoke
+    pytest
+    flake8
+    pytest-mpl
+  ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    pytest colorcet
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Collection of perceptually uniform colormaps";
+    homepage = https://colorcet.pyviz.org;
+    license = licenses.cc-by-40;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 3f6eca57479..5b3776da5c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1471,6 +1471,8 @@ in {
 
   circus = callPackage ../development/python-modules/circus {};
 
+  colorcet = callPackage ../development/python-modules/colorcet { };
+
   colorclass = callPackage ../development/python-modules/colorclass {};
 
   colorlog = callPackage ../development/python-modules/colorlog { };