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People who make data visualizations should try to learn the "rules of thumb" to not confuse or exclude readers: 1) Avoid contrasting red/green and blue/yellow,
by vharuck 7mo ago
People who make data visualizations should try to learn the "rules of thumb" to not confuse or exclude readers:
1) Avoid contrasting red/green and blue/yellow, as these are common colorblind pairs.
2) Pick shades that still look different when shown in grayscale.
3) All bar charts should have 0 at one end.
4) Please no 3-D pie charts.
To find good color palettes, check out https://colorbrewer2.org https://colorbrewer2.org
- conductr 7mo agoEveryone is creating visuals, not just data scientists or designers that probably should know these rules. I generally am against people who have expectations of how they want others to communicate. Be it colors, pronouns, whatever- you’re just setting yourself up for disappointment and it’s not out of malice so just move on or find your own way to deal with what people are putting out there.