Perceptual rainbow palette – the method
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 […]
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The rainbow is dead…long live the rainbow! – Part 5 – CIE Lab linear L* rainbow
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 […]
The rainbow is dead…long live the rainbow! – Part 4 – CIE Lab heated body
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 […]
The rainbow is dead…long live the rainbow! – Part 1
Introduction This is the first post in a series on the rainbow and similar color palettes. My goal is to demonstrate it is not a good idea to use these […]
