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    Star Simpson‏ @starsandrobots 7 Sep 2016

    Trying to track down that data visualization blog post about non-painful rainbow color palettes. What is the thing I'm looking for?

    2:57 PM - 7 Sep 2016
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      1. Star Simpson‏ @starsandrobots 7 Sep 2016
        Replying to @starsandrobots

        Star Simpson Retweeted Christine Corbett M.

        Winner! Second link, and subsequently linked paper by Borland and Taylor were what I sought: https://eagereyes.org/basics/rainbow-color-map …https://twitter.com/corbett/status/773647933249957888 …

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        Christine Corbett M.Verified account @corbett
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        http://blog.visual.ly/rainbow-color-scales/ … http://eagereyes.org/basics/rainbow-color-map … http://people.renci.org/~borland/pdfs/RainbowColorMap_VisViewpoints.pdf … http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7251872/is-there-a-better-color-scale-than-the-rainbow-colormap … http://colorbrewer2.org/  ?
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      1. joshua schachter‏ @joshu 7 Sep 2016
        Replying to @starsandrobots

        google for [visualization hsv considered harmful] and you get some possible candidates!

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      2. Star Simpson‏ @starsandrobots 7 Sep 2016
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        Star Simpson Retweeted Star Simpson

        thanks! Turns out I was looking for this specific blog post:https://twitter.com/starsandrobots/status/773663202072678400 …

        Star Simpson added,

        Star Simpson @starsandrobots
        Replying to @starsandrobots
        Winner! Second link, and subsequently linked paper by Borland and Taylor were what I sought: https://eagereyes.org/basics/rainbow-color-map … https://twitter.com/corbett/status/773647933249957888 …
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      1. Christine Corbett M.‏Verified account @corbett 7 Sep 2016
        Replying to @starsandrobots

        http://blog.visual.ly/rainbow-color-scales/ … http://eagereyes.org/basics/rainbow-color-map … http://people.renci.org/~borland/pdfs/RainbowColorMap_VisViewpoints.pdf … http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7251872/is-there-a-better-color-scale-than-the-rainbow-colormap … http://colorbrewer2.org/  ?

        1 reply 1 retweet 5 likes
      2. Star Simpson‏ @starsandrobots 7 Sep 2016
        Replying to @corbett

        thank you!!

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      1. Conspicuous Presta Valve‏ @nsfmc 7 Sep 2016
        Replying to @starsandrobots

        two favs here: • http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/2013/08/19/subtleties-of-color-connecting-color-to-meaning/ … •http://vis4.net/blog/posts/avoid-equidistant-hsv-colors/ …

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      1. Jessica Rosenkrantz‏ @nervous_jessica 7 Sep 2016
        Replying to @starsandrobots

        our fave rainbow alternative is cube helix https://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/~dag/CUBEHELIX/ 

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      1. Eric Fischer‏ @enf 7 Sep 2016
        Replying to @starsandrobots

        Not sure which type of rainbow pain you're trying to avoid, but might be http://basecase.org/env/on-rainbows  or https://bids.github.io/colormap/ 

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      1. -=CULLEN‏ @cullend 7 Sep 2016
        Replying to @starsandrobots

        link me to it if/ when you find it!

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      2. joybot‏ @joyding 7 Sep 2016
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        subscribe

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      1. joshua schachter‏ @joshu 7 Sep 2016
        Replying to @starsandrobots

        the summary is that HSV with varying hue is bad because you really want to use LAB space.

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      1.  ☢️Radioactive Garrett ☢️‏ @macegr 7 Sep 2016
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        Nice rabbit hole that led to a FORTRAN listing before I quit

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      1. Tony Fujs‏ @tonyfujs 7 Sep 2016
        Replying to @starsandrobots

        try googling the viridis color palette

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      1. cnelson‏ @299792458nelson 7 Sep 2016
        Replying to @starsandrobots

        I just finished reading this. Has some nice interactive visulations of different colorspaces.http://vis4.net/blog/posts/avoid-equidistant-hsv-colors/ …

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      1. Neil Kandalgaonkar‏ @flipzagging 7 Sep 2016
        Replying to @starsandrobots

        I think I know which one you mean - this has similar content http://www.kennethmoreland.com/color-advice/ 

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      1.  👨‍💻‏ @mjharmon 7 Sep 2016
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         👨‍💻 Retweeted jayjacobs

        Just had a great thread about data viz color palettes with @jayjacobs which may help you.https://twitter.com/jayjacobs/status/773200674813317121 …

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        jayjacobs @jayjacobs
        I’ve realized the number of browser tabs open on http://colorbrewer2.org  is related to how close a deadline is for a data viz project.
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      1. Rob Graves  ⚰️ 💀 💍‏ @hackerfriendly 8 Sep 2016
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        Painful rainbows, you say? http://www.fubiz.net/en/2016/09/08/rainbow-installation-inside-bristol-biennal/ …

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      1. nifty1a‏ @nifty1a 8 Sep 2016
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        https://blog.graphiq.com/finding-the-right-color-palettes-for-data-visualizations-fcd4e707a283#.ma1f1qpca … Does this help?

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