Thread by @fcrameri

Scientific colour maps 8.0

fabiocrameri.ch/colourmaps

#useBatlow
#ScientificVisualisation #visualisation #Science #ColourPalette #DataVis #GraphicDesign
#OpenSource #Accessibility #Colour #AcademicCommunityContribution #ACC
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🕵️ Why are they cool?

· Perceptually uniform
· Perceptually ordered
· Colour-blind friendly
· Readable as B&W print
· Highly compatible
· Versioned & citable

🧑‍🎤 What‘s new?

· #glasgow, #lipari, #navia & #managua
· Improvements to existing palettes
· More formats (e.g., .pal for ODV)
· Colour hand-picker for discrete & categorical palettes

See details about all new additions:
fabiocrameri.ch/colourmaps-use…

🧑‍🏫 Why using them?

Read:
Crameri, F., G.E. Shephard, and P.J. Heron (2020), The misuse of colour in science communication, Nature Communications, 11, 5444.
doi.org/10.1038/s41467…

Or ask
@ShepGracie and @philipheron

🧑‍🔧 How to use them?

· By importing one of the 20 formats (follow: fabiocrameri.ch/colourmaps-use…)
· Through tools with built-in versions
· Via various apps and packages for MatLab, Python, R, Julia, …
· By hand-picking individual colours from the image: s-ink.org/scientific-col…
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and remember to:
· use a data-specific colour gradient and palette: s-ink.org/colour-map-gui…
· acknowledge their free use based on their MIT licence

👮How to spread the word?

· Hold your peers (incl. supervisors) accountable!
· Hold your software designers accountable!
· Hold your editors accountable!

s-ink.org/scientific-col…

🦸 How to support them & my work?

· Cite them: Crameri, F. (2018). Scientific colour maps. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zenodo…
· Book a seminar: fabiocrameri.ch/masterclasses
· Commission professional graphic design: undertone.design
· Donate a coffee: fabiocrameri.ch/products

❤️

Made with lots of love.
Bit of fury.
And some ink.

– Fabio