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Great article exploring specific colormaps and applications, incl discussion of pros/cons of popular maps [ e.g. Cividis better for color-blind viewing than Vir
by jefecoon 6y ago
Great article exploring specific colormaps and applications, incl discussion of pros/cons of popular maps [ e.g. Cividis better for color-blind viewing than Viridis, but is a more simplistic blue--yellow scale than others which utilize higher number of colors ]:
https://www.kennethmoreland.com/color-advice/ https://www.kennethmoreland.com/color-advice/
Great, widely-referenced site for quickly generating color scales, w color-blind safe options, and large amount of research behind it:
https://colorbrewer2.org/#type=sequential&scheme=BuGn&n=3 https://colorbrewer2.org/#type=sequential&scheme=BuGn&n=3
- Cd00d 6y agoGreat resource in colorbrewer2 - thank you! I have several color blind colleagues and am regularly concerned I'm not displaying visuals in a way that is easy for them to digest.
- erex78 6y agoAt Mapsense we would always refer to Color Brewer https://colorbrewer2.org/ https://colorbrewer2.org/. Basically takes the thinking out of the equation.