I created three color palettes for structure maps (seismic horizons, elevation maps, etcetera) and seismic attributes. To read about the palettes please check these previous blog posts: The rainbow is dead…long […]
Perceptual rainbow palette - Matlab function and ASCII files In my last post I introduced cubeYF, my custom-made perceptual lightness rainbow palette. As promised there, I am sharing the palette with today’s post. […]
With this post I would like to introduce my new, perceptually balanced rainbow color palette. I used the palette for the first time in How to assess a colourmap, an essay […]
Introduction In my last post I introduced a CIE Lab linear L* rainbow palette from a paper by Kindlmann et al. [1]. I used this palette with a map of South America created with data from […]
Some great examples After my previous post in this series there was a great discussion on perceptual color palettes with some members of the Worldwide Geophysicists group on LinkedIn. Ian MacLeod shared some really […]
In my last post I discussed the two main issues with the rainbow color palette from the point of view of human color vision, and concluded one of these […]
Inroduction Following the first post in this series, Steve commented: Matteo, so would I be correct in assuming that the false structures that we see in the rainbow palette are caused […]
Reblogged from Neuroanthropology: Colour is a perceptual interaction arising from our ability to discriminate between different wavelengths of light from within a narrow band of electromagnetic radiation. Light itself has no colour. […]
ROYGBIV or YOGRVIB? If you are interested in the topic of color palettes for scientific data, and the rainbow in particular, I would say you ought to read this 2007 […]
Reblogged from Colour chat: In my job I probably use the phrase “colour space” every day and have done for the last 20 years. So imagine my surprise when I […]
