I'm making a 3D plot of the function En1 and I'm attributing its color to the sz1 function below, which contains values spanning from -1 to 1. En1[δ_, g1_, g2_, k_] := 1/2(-I g1 + I g2 -Sqrt[-(g1 + g2 - 2 k + I δ) (g1 + g2 + 2 k + Iδ)] + δ) vec1[δ_, g1_, g2_,k_] := {{-((I g1 + I g2 + Sqrt[-(g1 + g2 - 2 k + I δ) (g1 + g2 + 2 k + I δ)] - δ)/1), 2 k}} vec1d[δ_, g1_, g2_,k_] := {{(I g1 + I g2 - Sqrt[-(g1 + g2 - 2 k - I δ) (g1 + g2 + 2 k - I δ)] + δ)/1, 2 k}} σz = PauliMatrix[3]; σ0 = IdentityMatrix[2]; sz1[δ_, g1_, g2_, k_] := Flatten[vec1d[δ, g1, g2, k]. σz . Transpose[vec1[δ, g1, g2, k]]][[1]]/Flatten[vec1d[δ, g1, g2, k].Transpose[vec1[δ, g1, g2, k]]][[1]] g1 = 1; g2 = 1; Plot3D[ {Re[En1[δ, g1, g2, k]]}, {δ, -2, 2}, {k, 0, 2}, ColorFunction -> Function[{δ, k, z}, ColorData["TemperatureMap"][sz1[δ, g1, g2, k]]], ColorFunctionScaling -> False, PlotLegends -> BarLegend[{ColorData["TemperatureMap"], {-1, 1}}], BoxRatios -> {1, 1, 1} ] [![3D plot from code above][1]][1] As we can see, the color is responding to the function `sz1`. However, there is an issue with my legend since the gradient of color seems not linear. Is there a way to impose the legend color to vary linearly from -1 to 1? [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/Lh7mR.png