Tag: color perception

  • Choosing the Right Color Scale for Data Visualization

    Choosing the Right Color Scale for Data Visualization

    Colors play an important role in data visualization. They can enable an elegant, easy-to-read visualization, but can also confuse viewers when used incorrectly. Read about how to better use colors for your next visualization here.

  • What color is the dress, really?

    What color is the dress, really?

    One of the top social media items today regards the color of the above dress. Is it blue and black? Or white and gold? The internet is in a disarray and a great debate has ensued. Even Taylor Swift has chimed in (her vote is blue and black). I see white with a gold fringe.…

  • How do we see so many colors on a digital screen?

    How do we see so many colors on a digital screen?

    How can we possibly perceive a world of colors from just red, green, and blue, the colors of lights in TV, computer, and phone screens? The answer has to do with the way our visual system is set up: We have three different kinds of cones in the retina which respond most to what we…