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2004 Nov 02
2
Color schemes that work for people with color-deficient vision
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points out that rainbow color schemes and mixtures of green and yellow
can be troublesome for people with color-deficient vision.
The authors propose alternative schemes that can be viewed and downloaded
in RGB, HSV, CMYK, and RGB256 formats from
http://geography.uoregon.edu/datagraphics/color_scales.htm.
I have translated their RGB definitions into the hex color names given below.
Ironically, their article appeared on the same page of one that used
a rainbow color pattern to show climate patterns. I'm not color-blind but
I still had trouble figuring out which end of the scale some of the...
2004 Nov 03
2
Suggested color schemes for points, not regions?
I have seen a couple of posts about color schemes like those at the
ColorBrewer site. Most recently:
http://geography.uoregon.edu/datagraphics/color_scales.htm
These color schemes can work very well for regions (bars, polygons,
images, etc.) but are not very suitable for points and/or lines.
Is anyone aware of research/suggestions for a color scheme to use for
scatter plots? I've looked at great length and have found little on this
topic.
My c...