Science graphic design guideline
Supporting guideline and check-list for designing a good science figure with purpose.
The Scientific colour map Initiative promotes the basic of accurate and accessible use of colour across all sciences. Here you find graphic resources to promote, teach, and use colour in a scientific context.
Colour-blind friendly palettes
Visually accessible colour palettes for inclusive graphic design contain only colours that are also discernible when converted to grey-scale.
Perceptually-uniform colour gradients
Accurate colour scales for data visualisation have a constant local colour contrast between neighbouring colour values along the individual gradients.
Figure accuracy and accessibility guideline
A template of guidelines to creating accurate, accessible, and inclusive science figures to be directed at authors of scientific publishers.
Scientific colour use reminders
A set of text template statements to effectively remind peers to improve inaccurate and/or inaccessible figures.
Scientific colour map demonstration
A photograph of Marie Skłodowska-Curie, the Earth from space, and an apple demonstrate the superiority of scientific colour maps.
Colour palette and gradient types
Classification of colour maps into palette types and gradient types.
Effective visualisation (geodynamic modelling)
Effective visualisation through a scientific use of colours.