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My subjective experience is that good color palettes don't have too many colors anyway. Colorblind-friendliness tends to mean avoiding pairs of complementary co
by nerdponx 4y ago
My subjective experience is that good color palettes don't have too many colors anyway. Colorblind-friendliness tends to mean avoiding pairs of complementary colors that don't necessarily convey information well anyway.
Remember that we are talking about data visualization, not color palettes in general. Red is not particularly important in data viz.
Consider that many non-color-blind Dota players use the colorblind settings because they like the colors better.
- p-e-w 4y ago> Red is not particularly important in data viz. Traditionally, red is used to indicate problematic or dangerous values. This is backed up by a long cultural history, at least in the Western cultural context, that associates red with danger. I'd say this fact alone makes the color red extremely important in data visualization. The current trend of "but some people can't see red, so let's just use yellow and blue everywhere" seems utterly inadequate for addressing both the importance of red and the problem of color blindness.