Create a colormap from a list of colors

cdict = {
    'red': (
        (0.0,  0.0, 0.0),
        (0.5,  1.0, 1.0),
        (1.0,  1.0, 1.0),
    ),
    'green': (
        (0.0,  0.0, 0.0),
        (0.25, 0.0, 0.0),
        (0.75, 1.0, 1.0),
        (1.0,  1.0, 1.0),
    ),
    'blue': (
        (0.0,  0.0, 0.0),
        (0.5,  0.0, 0.0),
        (1.0,  1.0, 1.0),
    )
}