diff --git a/python/damask/_colormap.py b/python/damask/_colormap.py
index 1ccc292e6..36f9e2d1b 100644
--- a/python/damask/_colormap.py
+++ b/python/damask/_colormap.py
@@ -63,6 +63,16 @@ class Colormap(mpl.colors.ListedColormap):
         """Concatenate (in-place)."""
         return self.__add__(other)
 
+    def __mul__(self, factor: int) -> 'Colormap':
+        """Repeat."""
+        return Colormap(np.broadcast_to(self.colors,(factor,)+self.colors.shape)
+                          .reshape((factor*self.colors.shape[0],)+self.colors.shape[1:]),
+                        f'{self.name}*{factor}')
+
+    def __imul__(self, factor: int) -> 'Colormap':
+        """Repeat (in-place)."""
+        return self.__mul__(factor)
+
     def __invert__(self) -> 'Colormap':
         """Reverse."""
         return self.reversed()
diff --git a/python/tests/test_Colormap.py b/python/tests/test_Colormap.py
index 2321745aa..12a26e550 100644
--- a/python/tests/test_Colormap.py
+++ b/python/tests/test_Colormap.py
@@ -140,6 +140,11 @@ class TestColormap:
         c += c
         assert (np.allclose(c.colors[:len(c.colors)//2],c.colors[len(c.colors)//2:]))
 
+    def test_mul(self):
+        c = o = Colormap.from_predefined('jet')
+        o *= 2
+        assert c+c == o
+
     @pytest.mark.parametrize('N,cmap,at,result',[
            (8,'gray',0.5,[0.5,0.5,0.5]),
            (17,'gray',0.5,[0.5,0.5,0.5]),