I went to a dataviz seminar for mathematicians and the thing the professor told that stuck with me was "you guys don't understand colors. pick some art work you

I went to a dataviz seminar for mathematicians and the thing the professor told that stuck with me was "you guys don't understand colors. pick some art work you enjoy and put it through adobe kuler to get a palette". Works everytime. For slides/slidedocs as well.