3 ms·
Every time I see data with a sequential color scheme, I hate it. It's useless. I spend time trying to figure out if the area I'm looking at is is 8% or 10% or 1
by jasonlotito 6y ago
Every time I see data with a sequential color scheme, I hate it. It's useless. I spend time trying to figure out if the area I'm looking at is is 8% or 10% or 12% or whatever. This is especially true for what the article calls "sequential classed color scales." If you use this scale, you MUST provide another chart, or another way to get accurate information. At worst, you let me mouse over the area and you show me the data.
I'm sure someone who works with this on a daily basis is going to come in here with why I am wrong. No. I promise you, there are many more people like me who absolutely hate this way of visualizing data. It's frustrating, and every time I see it, I hate it, and I'm more dismissive about the data. Maybe that's irrational, but I'm not the one trying to effectively communicate with people using satan's color scheme.
- temp8964 6y agoBut what's the alternative you would like?
- jasonlotito 6y agoThis is explained in my comment.