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I'd say if you care about consistency across media, try to make your colors have different luminosity, so they can still be distinguished somewhat when someone
by m12k 6y ago
I'd say if you care about consistency across media, try to make your colors have different luminosity, so they can still be distinguished somewhat when someone invariably prints them on a monochrome printer. Also, pure yellow (and to some extent pure green) tends to end up nearly invisible on a lot of color inkjet printers, so tweaking the luminosity is also important there. Overall I think most of the tips this article advocates will also help across various mediums.
- pbhjpbhj 6y agoFor data display luminosity can skew the impression of which data dominates. That's a reason not to use luminosity changes IMO. However, if you want to convince people you can skew their impression of the data without technically lying ...
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