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@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ New Features
 - Adding flux/surface brightness translation and surface brightness
   unit conversion in Cubeviz and Specviz. [#2781]
 
+- Descriptions are shown in the color mode dropdown for image layers to help describe the use-cases
+  for ``Colormap`` vs ``Color``. [#2894]
+
 Cubeviz
 ^^^^^^^
 
@@ -31,6 +34,10 @@ Specviz2d
 API Changes
 -----------
 
+- The ``Monochromatic`` option for ``color_mode`` in plot options is now renamed to ``Color``.
+  ``Monochromatic`` will continue to work with a deprecation warning, but may be removed in a
+  future release. [#2894]
+
 Cubeviz
 ^^^^^^^