Jep when it comes to represent data the colors should not be “beautiful” they should be distinctive and meaningful There are quite good color maps for present

Jep when it comes to represent data the colors should not be “beautiful” they should be distinctive and meaningful There are quite good color maps for presenting scientific data which takes most of your points into account, I personally use the „scientific color maps” for representation: https://www.fabiocrameri.ch/colourmaps/ https://www.fabiocrameri.ch/colourmaps/