def centre_colormap_values(vmin, vmax):
    """Calculate vmin and vmax to set the colormap midpoint to zero.

    Parameters
    ----------
    vmin, vmax : scalar
        The range of data to display.

    Returns
    -------
    cvmin, cvmax : scalar
        The values to obtain a centre colormap.

    """
    absmax = max(abs(vmin), abs(vmax))
    return -absmax, absmax
