In this study, we found it is possible to design colormaps that have strong lightness contrast to support spatial vision while communicating clear affective connotation.

Use a scientific colourmap. They are perceptually uniform, which ensures accurate representation of the regular interval relationship in scientific data. Perceptually uniform colourmaps have: Ensure colour …

A colormap specifies a mapping between colors and data values; that is, a visual encoding with color. Using color to encode data is a powerful and flexible design choice, but colormap design has many …

by the visualization community for scien-tific visualization. This paper explores the use of diverging color maps (sometimes also called ratio, bipolar, or double-ended color maps) for use in scientific …

To import a colormap into a SKUA-GOCAD project, navigate to File > Import > GOCAD Resources > Colormaps. Alternatively, for advanced users, to include a colormap as a re-source in all new …

In this study, we investigated how inferred color-quantity mappings for colormap data visualizations were influenced by the background color. Prior literature presents seemingly conflicting accounts of how …

Colormap choice is personal and is influenced by: − Ability to highlight scientifically interesting data. − Institutional choices (supervisor insists on a certain colormap). − Domain dominance of a particular …