diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/public/layers/styles/color_utils.js b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/public/layers/styles/color_utils.js
index a6188b317573..bdcb6f3d86af 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/public/layers/styles/color_utils.js
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/public/layers/styles/color_utils.js
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export function getColorRampCenterColor(colorRampName) {
 
 // Returns an array of color stops
 // [ stop_input_1: number, stop_output_1: color, stop_input_n: number, stop_output_n: color ]
-export function getColorRampStops(colorRampName, numberColors = GRADIENT_INTERVALS) {
+export function getOrdinalColorRampStops(colorRampName, numberColors = GRADIENT_INTERVALS) {
   return getHexColorRangeStrings(colorRampName, numberColors).reduce(
     (accu, stopColor, idx, srcArr) => {
       const stopNumber = idx / srcArr.length; // number between 0 and 1, increasing as index increases
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/public/layers/styles/color_utils.test.js b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/public/layers/styles/color_utils.test.js
index 8826c771fab1..1d7fbeb99691 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/public/layers/styles/color_utils.test.js
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/public/layers/styles/color_utils.test.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import {
   COLOR_GRADIENTS,
   getColorRampCenterColor,
-  getColorRampStops,
+  getOrdinalColorRampStops,
   getHexColorRangeStrings,
   getLinearGradient,
   getRGBColorRangeStrings,
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ describe('getColorRampCenterColor', () => {
 
 describe('getColorRampStops', () => {
   it('Should create color stops for color ramp', () => {
-    expect(getColorRampStops('Blues')).toEqual([
+    expect(getOrdinalColorRampStops('Blues')).toEqual([
       0,
       '#f7faff',
       0.125,
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/public/layers/styles/heatmap/heatmap_style.js b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/public/layers/styles/heatmap/heatmap_style.js
index 0b4a52997c00..1dd219d4c4ca 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/public/layers/styles/heatmap/heatmap_style.js
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/public/layers/styles/heatmap/heatmap_style.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { HeatmapStyleEditor } from './components/heatmap_style_editor';
 import { HeatmapLegend } from './components/legend/heatmap_legend';
 import { DEFAULT_HEATMAP_COLOR_RAMP_NAME } from './components/heatmap_constants';
 import { LAYER_STYLE_TYPE } from '../../../../common/constants';
-import { getColorRampStops } from '../color_utils';
+import { getOrdinalColorRampStops } from '../color_utils';
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
 import { EuiIcon } from '@elastic/eui';
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ export class HeatmapStyle extends AbstractStyle {
 
     const { colorRampName } = this._descriptor;
     if (colorRampName && colorRampName !== DEFAULT_HEATMAP_COLOR_RAMP_NAME) {
-      const colorStops = getColorRampStops(colorRampName);
+      const colorStops = getOrdinalColorRampStops(colorRampName);
       mbMap.setPaintProperty(layerId, 'heatmap-color', [
         'interpolate',
         ['linear'],
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/public/layers/styles/vector/properties/dynamic_color_property.js b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/public/layers/styles/vector/properties/dynamic_color_property.js
index 3f59a4cc2acd..0354fb6b6d57 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/public/layers/styles/vector/properties/dynamic_color_property.js
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/public/layers/styles/vector/properties/dynamic_color_property.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import { DynamicStyleProperty } from './dynamic_style_property';
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import { getComputedFieldName } from '../style_util';
-import { getColorRampStops, getColorPalette } from '../../color_utils';
+import { getOrdinalColorRampStops, getColorPalette } from '../../color_utils';
 import { ColorGradient } from '../../components/color_gradient';
 import React from 'react';
 import {
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ export class DynamicColorProperty extends DynamicStyleProperty {
     if (this._options.useCustomColorRamp) {
       return this._getOrdinalColorStopsFromCustom();
     } else {
-      return getColorRampStops(this._options.color);
+      return getOrdinalColorRampStops(this._options.color);
     }
   }