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 While not all of the colormaps are color vision deficiency (CVD) friendly, we do include CVD friendly colormaps, and encourage users to use these when possible.
 
+## Citing
+
+When using the CVD friendly colormaps, please consider citing:
+
+Sherman, Z., and Coauthors, 2024: Effective Visualization of Radar Data for Users Impacted by Color Vision Deficiency. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 105, E1479–E1489, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0056.1.
+
+And when using the CVD friendly cmocean balance colormap, please cite:
+
+Thyng, K. M., C. A. Greene, R. D. Hetland, H. M. Zimmerle, and S. F. DiMarco, 2016: True colors of oceanography: Guidelines for effective and accurate colormap selection. Oceanography, 29, 9–13, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2016.66.
+
 ## Installation
 
 cmweather can be found on both PyPI and conda-forge, installable using