Color exists on a continuous spectrum, but we bin them with names and…
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English versus Chinese color descriptors
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Cynthia Brewer profile
Wired wrote a short profile for Cynthia Brewer, best known for Color Brewer,…
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Color signatures for classic novels
Jaz Parkinson made color signatures for classic novels. Basically, mentions of colors were…
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Evolution of science fiction covers in color
Arthur Buxton plotted the most common colors of Penguin Publishing science fiction colors…
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International color wheel
Now that you know how color labeling changes by gender, I bet you’re…
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Color names plotted against gender
A couple of years ago, xkcd ran a survey that asked people to…
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RGB Colorspace Atlas shows every shade in a cubic book
The 8-inch cube RGB Colorspace Atlas by artist Tauba Auerbach shows every color…
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Paintings as pie charts
Expanding on his Vincent van Gogh pie charts, Arthur Buxton minimalized famous paintings…
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Evolution of movie poster colors
We’ve seen a number of looks at movie poster cliches, but this is…
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Using Color Scales and Palettes in R
Color can drastically change how a chart reads and what you see in your data, so don’t leave it up to chance with defaults.
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Van Gogh for the colorblind
After a chat with his color deficient friends about how Vincent van Gogh’s…
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Cartoon color wheel
Slate places cartoon characters from past and present within the frame of a…
