In the Houdini colorbar HDA under "color options", set the menus like this...


Details:

png file /svs/share/houdini/cbars/images/png/bent-cool-warm.png
tex file /svs/share/houdini/cbars/images/tex/bent-cool-warm.tex
definition /svs/share/houdini/cbars/definitions/moreland/bent-cool-warm.csv
credit Kenneth Moreland
reference https://www.kennethmoreland.com/color-advice/