undefined | Better HN

0 pointsvharuck8d ago0 comments

People who make data visualizations should try to learn the "rules of thumb" to not confuse or exclude readers:

1) Avoid contrasting red/green and blue/yellow, as these are common colorblind pairs.

2) Pick shades that still look different when shown in grayscale.

3) All bar charts should have 0 at one end.

4) Please no 3-D pie charts.

To find good color palettes, check out https://colorbrewer2.org

0 comments

conductr8d ago

Everyone is creating visuals, not just data scientists or designers that probably should know these rules.

I generally am against people who have expectations of how they want others to communicate. Be it colors, pronouns, whatever- you’re just setting yourself up for disappointment and it’s not out of malice so just move on or find your own way to deal with what people are putting out there.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse