diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c6dfbb3e..6fa59baf 100755
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
     "array.prototype.flatmap": "^1.2.4",
     "classnames": "^2.2.6",
     "hot-formula-parser": "^4.0.0",
+    "tinygradient": "^1.1.2",
     "unistore": "^3.5.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/src/ColorScaleDataViewer.css b/src/ColorScaleDataViewer.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7b6bee3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ColorScaleDataViewer.css
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+.Spreadsheet__color-scale-data-viewer {
+  height: 100%;
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+}
diff --git a/src/ColorScaleDataViewer.tsx b/src/ColorScaleDataViewer.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..32a57a37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ColorScaleDataViewer.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+import React from "react";
+import { connect } from "unistore/react";
+import tinygradient from "tinygradient";
+import DataViewer from "./DataViewer";
+import * as Types from "./types";
+import "./ColorScaleDataViewer.css";
+
+type ColorScalePoint =
+  | { color: string; type: "number"; value: number }
+  | { color: string; type: "percent"; value: number }
+  | { color: string; type: "percentile"; value: number };
+
+type MinPoint = ColorScalePoint | { type: "minimum"; color: string };
+type MidPoint = ColorScalePoint | null;
+type MaxPoint = ColorScalePoint | { type: "maximum"; color: string };
+
+type Props = Types.DataViewerProps<Types.CellBase> & {
+  columnMaxValue: number;
+  columnMinValue: number;
+  columnSize: number;
+  minPoint: MinPoint;
+  midPoint: MidPoint;
+  maxPoint: MaxPoint;
+};
+
+const resolveColor = (props: Props): string | undefined => {
+  const {
+    columnMaxValue,
+    columnMinValue,
+    minPoint,
+    midPoint,
+    maxPoint,
+    cell,
+  } = props;
+  if (!cell || !cell.value) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  const { value } = cell;
+
+  const colors = midPoint
+    ? [
+        { color: minPoint.color, pos: 0 },
+        { color: midPoint.color, pos: midPoint.value },
+        { color: maxPoint.color, pos: 1 },
+      ]
+    : [
+        { color: minPoint.color, pos: 0 },
+        { color: maxPoint.color, pos: 1 },
+      ];
+
+  const gradient = tinygradient(colors);
+  const relativeValue =
+    (value - columnMinValue) / (columnMaxValue - columnMinValue);
+  return gradient.rgbAt(relativeValue).toString();
+};
+
+const ColorScaleDataViewer: React.FC<Props> = (props) => {
+  const color = resolveColor(props);
+  return (
+    <div
+      className="Spreadsheet__color-scale-data-viewer"
+      style={{
+        backgroundColor: color,
+      }}
+    >
+      <DataViewer {...props} />
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+const mapStateToProps = (state: Types.StoreState, props: Props) => {
+  let columnMaxValue: number = state.data[0][props.column]?.value;
+  let columnMinValue: number = state.data[0][props.column]?.value;
+  for (const row of state.data) {
+    const cell = row[props.column];
+    const value = cell && cell.value;
+    if (!value) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    columnMaxValue = columnMaxValue ? Math.max(value, columnMaxValue) : value;
+    columnMinValue = columnMinValue ? Math.min(value, columnMinValue) : value;
+  }
+  return { columnMaxValue, columnMinValue, columnSize: state.data.length };
+};
+
+const createColorScaleDataViewer = ({
+  minPoint,
+  maxPoint,
+  midPoint,
+}: {
+  minPoint: MinPoint;
+  maxPoint: MaxPoint;
+  midPoint?: MidPoint;
+}): React.FC =>
+  // @ts-ignore
+  connect(mapStateToProps)((props) => {
+    return (
+      <ColorScaleDataViewer
+        {...props}
+        minPoint={minPoint}
+        midPoint={midPoint}
+        maxPoint={maxPoint}
+      />
+    );
+  });
+
+export default createColorScaleDataViewer;
diff --git a/src/DataViewer.css b/src/DataViewer.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/src/DataViewer.tsx b/src/DataViewer.tsx
index 6b3e6928..8e29d8bd 100644
--- a/src/DataViewer.tsx
+++ b/src/DataViewer.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import * as React from "react";
 import * as Types from "./types";
 import { getComputedValue } from "./util";
 
-const toView = (value: React.ReactNode | boolean): React.ReactNode => {
+const toView = (value: React.ReactNode | boolean): React.ReactElement => {
   if (value === false) {
     return <span className="Spreadsheet__data-viewer--boolean">FALSE</span>;
   }
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const toView = (value: React.ReactNode | boolean): React.ReactNode => {
 const DataViewer = <Cell extends Types.CellBase>({
   cell,
   formulaParser,
-}: Types.DataViewerProps<Cell>): React.ReactNode => {
+}: Types.DataViewerProps<Cell>): React.ReactElement => {
   return toView(getComputedValue({ cell, formulaParser }));
 };
 
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 11d960bc..07e4e449 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 export { default, default as Spreadsheet } from "./SpreadsheetStateProvider";
 export type { Props } from "./SpreadsheetStateProvider";
 export { createEmptyMatrix, getComputedValue } from "./util";
+export { default as createColorScaleDataViewer } from "./ColorScaleDataViewer";
 export type { Matrix } from "./matrix";
 export type {
   CellBase,
diff --git a/src/stories/Spreadsheet.stories.tsx b/src/stories/Spreadsheet.stories.tsx
index 763c1290..550a5329 100644
--- a/src/stories/Spreadsheet.stories.tsx
+++ b/src/stories/Spreadsheet.stories.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 import * as React from "react";
 import { Story, Meta } from "@storybook/react/types-6-0";
-import { createEmptyMatrix, Spreadsheet, Props, CellBase } from "..";
+import {
+  createEmptyMatrix,
+  Spreadsheet,
+  Props,
+  CellBase,
+  createColorScaleDataViewer,
+} from "..";
 import * as Matrix from "../matrix";
 import { AsyncCellDataEditor, AsyncCellDataViewer } from "./AsyncCellData";
 import CustomCell from "./CustomCell";
@@ -144,9 +150,7 @@ export const WithCornerIndicator: Story<Props<StringCell>> = (props) => (
 );
 
 export const Filter: Story<Props<StringCell>> = (props) => {
-  const [data, setData] = React.useState(
-    EMPTY_DATA as Matrix.Matrix<StringCell>
-  );
+  const [data, setData] = React.useState(EMPTY_DATA);
   const [filter, setFilter] = React.useState("");
 
   const handleFilterChange = React.useCallback(
@@ -165,7 +169,7 @@ export const Filter: Story<Props<StringCell>> = (props) => {
     if (filter.length === 0) {
       return data;
     }
-    const filtered: Matrix.Matrix<StringCell> = [];
+    const filtered = createEmptyMatrix<StringCell>(0, 0);
     for (let row = 0; row < data.length; row++) {
       if (data.length !== 0) {
         for (let column = 0; column < data[0].length; column++) {
@@ -202,3 +206,42 @@ export const Filter: Story<Props<StringCell>> = (props) => {
     </>
   );
 };
+
+export const ColorScale: Story<Props<NumberCell>> = () => {
+  const data = createEmptyMatrix<NumberCell>(INITIAL_ROWS, INITIAL_COLUMNS);
+  const GreenAndWhiteColorScaleDataViewer = createColorScaleDataViewer({
+    minPoint: { type: "minimum", color: "#57BB8A" },
+    maxPoint: { type: "maximum", color: "#FFFFFF" },
+  });
+
+  const RedYellowGreenColorScaleDataViewer = createColorScaleDataViewer({
+    minPoint: { type: "minimum", color: "#57BB8A" },
+    midPoint: { type: "percent", color: "#FFD665", value: 0.5 },
+    maxPoint: { type: "maximum", color: "#E67B73" },
+  });
+
+  const UnbalanacedRedYellowGreenColorScaleDataViewer = createColorScaleDataViewer(
+    {
+      minPoint: { type: "minimum", color: "#57BB8A" },
+      midPoint: { type: "percent", color: "#FFD665", value: 0.7 },
+      maxPoint: { type: "maximum", color: "#E67B73" },
+    }
+  );
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < INITIAL_ROWS; i++) {
+    data[i][0] = {
+      DataViewer: GreenAndWhiteColorScaleDataViewer,
+      value: i + 1,
+    };
+    data[i][1] = {
+      DataViewer: RedYellowGreenColorScaleDataViewer,
+      value: i + 1,
+    };
+    data[i][2] = {
+      DataViewer: UnbalanacedRedYellowGreenColorScaleDataViewer,
+      value: i + 1,
+    };
+  }
+
+  return <Spreadsheet data={data} />;
+};
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index da10fe89..d11ee62e 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2834,6 +2834,11 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/tapable/-/tapable-1.0.6.tgz"
   integrity sha512-W+bw9ds02rAQaMvaLYxAbJ6cvguW/iJXNT6lTssS1ps6QdrMKttqEAMEG/b5CR8TZl3/L7/lH0ZV5nNR1LXikA==
 
+"@types/tinycolor2@^1.4.0":
+  version "1.4.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/tinycolor2/-/tinycolor2-1.4.2.tgz#721ca5c5d1a2988b4a886e35c2ffc5735b6afbdf"
+  integrity sha512-PeHg/AtdW6aaIO2a+98Xj7rWY4KC1E6yOy7AFknJQ7VXUGNrMlyxDFxJo7HqLtjQms/ZhhQX52mLVW/EX3JGOw==
+
 "@types/uglify-js@*":
   version "3.11.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/uglify-js/-/uglify-js-3.11.1.tgz"
@@ -12762,11 +12767,19 @@ tiny-emitter@^2.0.0, tiny-emitter@^2.1.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tiny-emitter/-/tiny-emitter-2.1.0.tgz"
   integrity sha512-NB6Dk1A9xgQPMoGqC5CVXn123gWyte215ONT5Pp5a0yt4nlEoO1ZWeCwpncaekPHXO60i47ihFnZPiRPjRMq4Q==
 
-tinycolor2@^1.4.1:
+tinycolor2@^1.0.0, tinycolor2@^1.4.1:
   version "1.4.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tinycolor2/-/tinycolor2-1.4.2.tgz"
   integrity sha512-vJhccZPs965sV/L2sU4oRQVAos0pQXwsvTLkWYdqJ+a8Q5kPFzJTuOFwy7UniPli44NKQGAglksjvOcpo95aZA==
 
+tinygradient@^1.1.2:
+  version "1.1.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tinygradient/-/tinygradient-1.1.2.tgz#95bcf18fb0d5db989c8a109ead8e5da9867b4e07"
+  integrity sha512-yIwbBfJOOHW3whamF00ZcxGWY794GNsAGjaCkDQJJNufXAcfUwbQwrVjwV1BKqArXFVg+JgMoECXFn/jfqSWsg==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/tinycolor2" "^1.4.0"
+    tinycolor2 "^1.0.0"
+
 tmp@^0.0.33:
   version "0.0.33"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tmp/-/tmp-0.0.33.tgz"