| Re: specialized color tables [message #63271] |
Tue, 04 November 2008 12:07  |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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Paolo writes:
> You should be aware that if you do this, colorblind
> people will probably not be able to read your plot.
> Therefore, you may want to think about alternative
> way to represent the data instead...
I've also noticed that if you write the program
documentation in English, quite a few people are
not able to read it. One alternative is to screw
the documentation and write intuitive programs
instead. :-)
Cheers,
David
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming (www.dfanning.com)
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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| Re: specialized color tables [message #63272 is a reply to message #63271] |
Tue, 04 November 2008 11:47  |
pgrigis
Messages: 436
Registered: September 2007
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You should be aware that if you do this, colorblind
people will probably not be able to read your plot.
Therefore, you may want to think about alternative
way to represent the data instead...
Ciao,
Paolo
Mark wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I have a data set that I want to display according to a color scheme
> like this one. The data can be group into 6-8 sets (eg, A,B,C....),
> with each set divided into 6-8 subsets (eg, A1,A2,A3...
> B1,B2,B3...C1,C2,C3... ).
>
> I'd like to color each group with a basic color, with the subsets
> having different shades of the same color, something along the lines
> of
>
> A1: firetruck red
> A2: red
> A3: rust
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> B1: orange
> B2: darker orange
> B3: dingy orange
>
> etc.
>
> I've worked on this a bit and I've found that its hard to come up with
> 6-8 distinct colors which have 6-8 distinct shades. I was wondering
> if anyone knew of such a color set that accomplishes this. The Brewer
> color tables do this pretty well for 3-4 colors, but I'm going to
> require more base colors than that.....
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
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| Re: specialized color tables [message #63370 is a reply to message #63271] |
Tue, 04 November 2008 12:15 |
pgrigis
Messages: 436
Registered: September 2007
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David Fanning wrote:
> Paolo writes:
>
>> You should be aware that if you do this, colorblind
>> people will probably not be able to read your plot.
>> Therefore, you may want to think about alternative
>> way to represent the data instead...
>
> I've also noticed that if you write the program
> documentation in English, quite a few people are
> not able to read it. One alternative is to screw
> the documentation and write intuitive programs
> instead. :-)
I thought you were learning spanish.... have you tried that? ;-)
Ciao,
Paolo
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> Cheers,
>
> David
> --
> David Fanning, Ph.D.
> Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming (www.dfanning.com)
> Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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