When designers want to visualize changes in data, like in a heat map or a topographical survey, they often reach for the rainbow. The rainbow color scale is almost the default for visualizing ...

The type of graph is important to show the meaning of the data in an easy-to-understand manner, but the color coding is also an important factor. Color coding can indicate that the data is of the same ...

Understanding the elements of color, texture and scale will bring you closer to achieving the landscape design of your dreams. The use of color is probably the most complex of the three, because it ...

Last week we posted a map of the Rim fire's progression into Yosemite National Park from Inciweb. That map (see below) uses random, qualitative colors to represent the area burned by the fire each day ...