diff --git a/prototorch/utils/__init__.py b/prototorch/utils/__init__.py
index 26ccedd..ac89f24 100644
--- a/prototorch/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/prototorch/utils/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
-"""ProtoFlow utils module"""
+"""ProtoTorch utils module"""
 
-from .colors import hex_to_rgb, rgb_to_hex
+from .colors import (
+    get_colors,
+    get_legend_handles,
+    hex_to_rgb,
+    rgb_to_hex,
+)
 from .utils import (
     mesh2d,
     parse_data_arg,
diff --git a/prototorch/utils/colors.py b/prototorch/utils/colors.py
index 4b2d838..169ff65 100644
--- a/prototorch/utils/colors.py
+++ b/prototorch/utils/colors.py
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 """ProtoTorch color utilities"""
 
+import matplotlib.lines as mlines
+import torch
+from matplotlib import cm
+from matplotlib.colors import (
+    Normalize,
+    to_hex,
+    to_rgb,
+)
+
 
 def hex_to_rgb(hex_values):
     for v in hex_values:
@@ -13,3 +22,39 @@ def rgb_to_hex(rgb_values):
     for v in rgb_values:
         c = "%02x%02x%02x" % tuple(v)
         yield c
+
+
+def get_colors(vmax, vmin=0, cmap="viridis"):
+    cmap = cm.get_cmap(cmap)
+    colornorm = Normalize(vmin=vmin, vmax=vmax)
+    colors = dict()
+    for c in range(vmin, vmax + 1):
+        colors[c] = to_hex(cmap(colornorm(c)))
+    return colors
+
+
+def get_legend_handles(colors, labels, marker="dots", zero_indexed=False):
+    handles = list()
+    for color, label in zip(colors.values(), labels):
+        if marker == "dots":
+            handle = mlines.Line2D(
+                xdata=[],
+                ydata=[],
+                label=label,
+                color="white",
+                markerfacecolor=color,
+                marker="o",
+                markersize=10,
+                markeredgecolor="k",
+            )
+        else:
+            handle = mlines.Line2D(
+                xdata=[],
+                ydata=[],
+                label=label,
+                color=color,
+                marker="",
+                markersize=15,
+            )
+        handles.append(handle)
+    return handles