Categorical Colormap Optimization with Visualization Case Studies

Mapping a set of categorical values to different colors is an elementary technique in data visualization. Users of visualization software routinely rely on the default colormaps provided by a system, or colormaps suggested by software such as ColorBrewer. In practice, users often have to select a se...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics. - 1996. - 23(2017), 1 vom: 03. Jan., Seite 871-880
1. Verfasser: Fang, H (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Walton, S, Delahaye, E, Harris, J, Storchak, D A, Chen, M
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2017
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics
Schlagworte:Journal Article
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