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2004 Nov 02
2
Color schemes that work for people with color-deficient vision
...s/EOS/ 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...