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A Survey of Colormaps in Visualization
2016
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
Color encoding design currently focuses on the colors themselves: visualization designers choose sets of colors that work well in isolation. However, the effectiveness of a color encoding depends on properties of the visualization it is used for, such as the size or shape of marks. We argue for a new way of thinking about color design in visualizations: designers should choose colors based on a given context rather than in isolation. We identify three categories of design constraints that
doi:10.1109/tvcg.2015.2489649
pmid:26513793
pmcid:PMC4959790
fatcat:w3y225lsqvhnpibv7rwfynseo4