Rigid rotor wavefunctions plotted on the surface of the sphere. Leftmost image is a plot of the probability density, i.e., the square of the spherical harmonic: |Y_l,m|². The blacker the shade, the higher the probability. Coloured spheres are plots of the phase, with zero phase coloured red.

|Y0,0|2	phase Y0,0
|Y1,0|2	phase Y1,0
|Y1,1|2 = |Y1,-1|2	phase Y1,1	phase Y1,-1
|Y2,0|2	phase Y2,0
|Y2,1|2 = |Y2,-1|2	phase Y2,1	phase Y2,-1
|Y2,2|2 = |Y2,-2|2	phase Y2,2	phase Y2,-2
|Y3,0|2	phase Y3,0
|Y3,1|2 = |Y3,-1|2	phase Y3,1	phase Y3,-1
|Y3,2|2 = |Y3,-2|2	phase Y3,2	phase Y3,-2
|Y3,3|2 = |Y3,-3|2	phase Y3,3	phase Y3,-3