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Foundation

s olor for Data


C
Vis
Benjamin
Bach
http://benjbach.me
University of
Edinburgh
202
0
Outline

What is color?

Color in

visualization Color

Scales

Sequential, diverging, categorical

scales Rainbow color map

Color blindness
What is
Color?
~120 million
400-700nm rods
~6 million cones
Color Models

Subtractiv
e
Models
What is
color?
HSB Model: Hue, Saturation,
Brightness

Color = (Brightness/Lightness, Saturation,


Hue)
Color in
Visualization
Visual Variables
http://innovis.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/innovis/uploads/Publications/Publications/Carpendale_visual_v
ariables.pdf
Color
Scales
More examples of color scales
(ColorBrewer)
Colorbrewer.org
Sequential
Scales
More examples of color scales
(ColorBrewer)
Sequential color
scales
Single
hue:

Multi
hue:

https://github.com/d3/d3-scale-chro
Mapping color
scales
Data Linear
value

Non-linear
Stepwise
Median

Median
Median

Median
10
8 1 %
8
10
%
Diverging
Scales
More examples of color scales
(ColorBrewer)
Diverging color
scale

Multi
hue:
Categorical
Scales
More examples of color scales
(ColorBrewer)
I Want
Hue
Rainbow Color
Maps
More examples of color scales
(ColorBrewer)
http://innovis.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/innovis/uploads/Publications/Publications/Carpendale_visual_v
ariables.pdf
Color Maps

Rainbow
:

Diverging
:
Rainbow Colormap
Sequential/Divergent Colormap
Color (mis)use
Lightness perception of rainbow color
maps
Rainbow colormap

Pros:
- Many different values
- Compare similar values

Cons:
- Colors hardly orderable
- Introduces sharp jumps in values
- Hides overall patterns
- Overemphasizes certain values
- Is not black/white nor colorblind
save!
Linear
Rainbow
map
Color
Blindness
Normal vison

Deuteranopia

Protanopia

Tritanopia
Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

"If a submitted manuscript


8% happens to g o to three
male reviewers of Northern
European descent, the
0.5% chance that at least one will
be color blind is 22
percent."
www.color-blindness.com

Normal

Types of color
blindness
Colorblind safe
palettes
Colorbrewer.org:

Diverging
Sequential Categorical
Redundant encoding
Further applications in
DataVis
Meaning of colors across
cultures
Take home messages:

● Color = hue + lightness + saturation


● Chose a color scale that fits your data
● Avoid rainbow color palettes
● Test your color palettes for colorblindness

● Whatever increases accessibility for some


fraction of the population, increases
accessibilty overall.
Further reading

● Wong, Bang. "Points of view: Color blindness." (2011): 441.


● Tamara Munzner: Visualization Analysis and Design,
2016; Chapter 10: Map Color and Other Channels
● https://www.color-blindness.com/types-of-color-blindnes
s
● Colin Ware: Information Visualization—Perception for
Design, 2012

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