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We present an extinction map of the inner $\sim$\SI{15}{\arcminute} by{16}{\arcminute} of the Galactic Center (GC) with map `pixels' measuring\SI{5}{\arcsecond} $\times$ \SI{5}{\arcsecond} using integrated light colormeasurements in the near- and mid-infrared. We use a variant of theRayleigh-Jeans Color Excess (RJCE) method first described by Majewski et al.(2011) as the basis of our work, although we have approached our problem with aBayesian mindset and dispensed with point-source photometry in favor of surfacephotometry, turning the challenge of the extremely crowded field at the GC intoan advantage. Our results show that extinction at the GC is not inconsistentwith a single power law coefficient, $\beta=2.03\pm0.06$, and compare ourresults with those using the Red Clump (RC) point-source photometry method ofextinction estimation. We find that our measurement of $\beta$ and its apparentlack of spatial variation are in agreement with prior studies, despite thebimodal distribution of values in our extinction map at the GC with peaks at\num{5} and \SI{7.5}{mag}. This bimodal nature of extinction is likely due tothe InfraRed Dark Clouds that obscure portions of the inner GC field. Wepresent our extinction law and map and de-reddened NIR CMDs and color-colordiagram of the GC region using the point-source catalog of IR sources compiledby DeWitt et al. (2010). The de-reddening is limited by the error in theextinction measurement (typically \SI{0.6}{mag}), which is affected by the sizeof our map pixels and is not fine-grained enough to separate out the multiplestellar populations present toward the GC.

Extinction at the Galactic Center Using Near- and Mid-infrared Broadband Photometry: A Twist on the Rayleigh-Jeans Color Excess Method