ColourUse

The misuse of colour in science communication

Presented by Jean-Baptiste Barré on 23/02/2021

Presentation

Video

https://youtu.be/DgK-Uezkjao

Links

From Author

• Crameri’s website
• Scientific Color Maps proposed by Crameri [v7.0 - Open Access]: https://zenodo.org/record/4491293#.YCaXIGhKiUk

Colour-vision deficiency

• https://blog.datawrapper.de/colorblindness-part1/
• https://blog.datawrapper.de/colorblindness-part2/
• https://blog.datawrapper.de/colorblindness-part3/

Rainbow color scale

• The rainbow is dead ...long life to the rainbow

Climate science

• Constructive criticism of the graphics of climate science

Talks - Video

• Perceptual Color Maps in matplotlib for Oceanography (K. Thyng - 2015)
• A Better Default Colormap for Matplotlib (N.Smith and S.van der Walt - 2015)

Others

• Color Blindness Simulator: https://www.color-blindness.com/coblis-color-blindness-simulator/
• Nice little tool for quick colour blind check: https://colororacle.org/
• Tool for choosing the most appropriate shades of your favorite colors