Principles of Colors

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#Data Visualization #Design #Color

ColorTeller

I wrote a python package called colorteller to help us manage and benchmark colors.

Basic Concepts of Colors

Color Wheel and Color Sphere

There are two dimensions in the color wheel:

When we add another dimension, lightness, to the wheel, we have a color sphere (1, 2).

Many color systems have been invented. Color wheel and color sphere are two examples of them.

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References:
  1. The Non-Designer's Design Book by Robin P. Williams
  2. Color Wheel @ Wikipedia
  3. Tints and Shades @ Wikipedia
  4. Saturation @ Wikipedia
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L Ma (2020). 'Principles of Colors', Datumorphism, 11 April. Available at: https://datumorphism.leima.is/wiki/data-visualization/colors/.