diff --git a/src/ridgeplot/_colormodes.py b/src/ridgeplot/_colormodes.py
index 0d3680e..9d41a9a 100644
--- a/src/ridgeplot/_colormodes.py
+++ b/src/ridgeplot/_colormodes.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Literal, Protocol
 
-from ridgeplot._colors import ColorScale, apply_alpha, get_color, normalise_colorscale
+from ridgeplot._colors import ColorScale, apply_alpha, interpolate_color, normalise_colorscale
 from ridgeplot._types import CollectionL2
 from ridgeplot._utils import get_xy_extrema, normalise_min_max
 
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ def compute_trace_colors(
         coloralpha = float(coloralpha)
 
     def _get_color(mp: float) -> str:
-        color = get_color(colorscale, midpoint=mp)
+        color = interpolate_color(colorscale, midpoint=mp)
         if coloralpha is not None:
             color = apply_alpha(color, alpha=coloralpha)
         return color
diff --git a/src/ridgeplot/_colors.py b/src/ridgeplot/_colors.py
index 2d59309..31b420a 100644
--- a/src/ridgeplot/_colors.py
+++ b/src/ridgeplot/_colors.py
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ def get_colorscale(name: str) -> ColorScale:
 
 
 def normalise_colorscale(colorscale: ColorScale | str) -> ColorScale:
+    """Convert mixed colorscale representations to the canonical
+    :data:`ColorScale` format."""
     if isinstance(colorscale, str):
         colorscale = get_colorscale(name=colorscale)
     else:
@@ -150,7 +152,7 @@ def normalise_colorscale(colorscale: ColorScale | str) -> ColorScale:
     return colorscale
 
 
-def get_color(colorscale: ColorScale, midpoint: float) -> str:
+def interpolate_color(colorscale: ColorScale, midpoint: float) -> str:
     """Get a color from a colorscale at a given midpoint.
 
     Given a colorscale, it interpolates the expected color at a given midpoint,
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_colors.py b/tests/unit/test_colors.py
index 7d2b985..ce67692 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_colors.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_colors.py
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
     _Color,
     _colormap_loader,
     apply_alpha,
-    get_color,
     get_colorscale,
+    interpolate_color,
     list_all_colorscale_names,
     validate_colorscale,
 )
@@ -194,24 +194,24 @@ def test_get_colorscale_fails_for_unknown_colorscale_name() -> None:
 
 
 # ==============================================================
-# ---  get_color()
+# ---  interpolate_color()
 # ==============================================================
 
 
-def test_get_color_midpoint_in_scale() -> None:
-    assert get_color(colorscale=VIRIDIS, midpoint=0) == VIRIDIS[0][1]
-    assert get_color(colorscale=VIRIDIS, midpoint=1) == VIRIDIS[-1][1]
+def test_interpolate_color_midpoint_in_scale() -> None:
+    assert interpolate_color(colorscale=VIRIDIS, midpoint=0) == VIRIDIS[0][1]
+    assert interpolate_color(colorscale=VIRIDIS, midpoint=1) == VIRIDIS[-1][1]
 
 
-def test_get_color_midpoint_not_in_scale() -> None:
+def test_interpolate_color_midpoint_not_in_scale() -> None:
     # Hard-coded test case.
-    assert get_color(colorscale=VIRIDIS, midpoint=0.5) == "rgb(34.5, 144.0, 139.5)"
+    assert interpolate_color(colorscale=VIRIDIS, midpoint=0.5) == "rgb(34.5, 144.0, 139.5)"
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("midpoint", [-10.0, -1.3, 1.9, 100.0])
-def test_get_color_fails_for_midpoint_out_of_bounds(midpoint: float) -> None:
+def test_interpolate_color_fails_for_midpoint_out_of_bounds(midpoint: float) -> None:
     with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="should be a float value between 0 and 1"):
-        get_color(colorscale=..., midpoint=midpoint)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+        interpolate_color(colorscale=..., midpoint=midpoint)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
 
 
 # ==============================================================