Optimizing colormaps with consideration for color vision deficiency to enable accurate interpretation of scientific data.

Color vision deficiency (CVD) affects more than 4% of the population and leads to a different visual perception of colors. Though this has been known for decades, colormaps with many colors across the visual spectra are often used to represent data, leading to the potential for misinterpretation or...

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Main Authors: Jamie R Nuñez, Christopher R Anderton, Ryan S Renslow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6070163?pdf=render