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Tag: Palette

Scientific colour map poster

A poster to be put in coffee, printer, and similar rooms at work acting as a gentle reminder for a professional use of colour in science communication.

A poster to remind for a professional, fair, and inclusive use of colour in science communication to display in coffee, printer, and similar rooms at work. Examples shown are for the unscientific rainbow colour map, ‘jet‘, and the scientific colour map ‘batlow‘ and features a photograph by Henry Manuel of Marie Skłodowska-Curie.

  • Printable pdf format
  • Colour-vision deficiency friendly
  • Readable in black&white
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Scientific colour maps

Scientific color map suite of perceptually uniform and color-blind friendly color gradients.

Overview of complete set of Scientific colour maps containing exclusively perceptually-uniform and colour-vision deficiency (and colour-blind) friendly colour palettes by Fabio Crameri. The package includes all different gradient- and palette types, which are explained on s-ink.org/colour-palette-and-gradient-types. A user guide on when to use which colour map type and colour combination is available from s-ink.org/colour-map-guideline.

  • Creator: Fabio Crameri
  • Original version: 20.09.2021
  • This version: 14.06.2023
  • License: MIT License
  • Specific citation: The Scientific colour maps by Fabio Crameri (Crameri 2018) prevent visual distortion of the data and exclusion of readers with colour­-vision deficiencies (Crameri et al., 2020) and the overview graphic is available via the open-access s-ink.org repository.
  • Related references:
    Crameri, F. (2018). Scientific colour maps. Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1243862
    Crameri, F., G.E. Shephard, and P.J. Heron (2020), The misuse of colour in science communication, Nature Communications, 11, 5444. doi:10.1038/s41467-020-19160-7

  • Different aspect ratio versions
  • Light & dark versions
  • Colour-vision deficiency friendly
  • Readable in black&white
  • Colour maps: Open-access
  • Colour maps: Various formats
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