Elegant Figures: Subtleties of Color

Christian Theodore on R2 |

This series of readings, Robert Simmon lays out a simple guide of strategies and schemas to help with decision around color in visualization. It sets up set up a deceptively simple framework for choosing and working with color in visualization. Starting with conceptualizing color along three parameters: Hue: the pure…

Data Visualization for Social Science: 1 Look At Data

Christian Theodore on R1, Readings |

This chapter presented a sprawling thesis on the qualities that make some visualizations better than others. The recurring theme of each examination of that question is that "graphs as meant to be looked at by someone": Healy calls for a great deal of empathy for the audience of visualizations, taking…