Data Visualization Color Best Practices with Theresa-Marie Rhyne

As data visualization practitioners, we often do not realize just how important color is. In today's inspiring conversation, Theresa-Marie Rhyne, a leading expert in computer-generated visualization, talks about all things color. Theresa-Marie works as a consultant, specializing in applying artistic color theories to a range of media and has also authored a book, Applying Color Theory to Digital Media and Visualization. We learn about the idea of color harmony and what this means for data visualization practice. 

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In This Episode, You’ll Learn… 

What color harmony is and how data visualization can use this better.

Why it is so important to understand the framework behind how we understand color.

What the rainbow color map is and why this is a common mistake in data visualization.

Some of Theresa-Marie's key rules for colorizing data visualization.

The importance of knowing the type of data you have before deciding on your color scheme.

About some tools that you can use to see whether you are color blind or have a color deficiency.

What color interactions mean and the effect that this has.

Valuable points to consider when applying a color palette to a dataset.

People, Blogs, and Resources Mentioned:

Stanford Visualization Group

Applying Color Theory to Digital Media and Visualization

Interaction of Color

Pantone

Adobe Color

Nightingale

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