diff --git a/lib/gis/colors.desc b/lib/gis/colors.desc
index 673c0db8f91..c501e00c93b 100644
--- a/lib/gis/colors.desc
+++ b/lib/gis/colors.desc
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ sepia: yellowish-brown through to white
 slope: r.slope.aspect-type slope colors for raster values 0-90
 soilmoisture: soilmoisture color table (0.0-1.0)
 srtm: color palette for Shuttle Radar Topography Mission elevation
+srtm_percent: color palette for Shuttle Radar Topography Mission using relative elevation
 srtm_plus: color palette for Shuttle Radar Topography Mission elevation (with seafloor colors)
 terrain: global elevation color table covering -11000 to +8850m
 viridis: perceptually uniform sequential color table viridis
diff --git a/lib/gis/colors/srtm_percent b/lib/gis/colors/srtm_percent
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a8e0d857f76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/gis/colors/srtm_percent
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+0%   57 151 105
+25%  117 194 93
+40%  230 230 128
+55%  214 187 98
+70%  185 154 100
+80%  150 120 80
+100% 220 220 220