Color scales for graphs

DataClassroom features a bunch of color scales so you can color-map your graphs using schemes with spicy names like Magma, Viridis and (er) Red:

Pretty cool huh?

You’ll have to go to the app for the full list, and you can read more about it in our User Guide article on using color scales.

All the scales can either be used for coloring numerical data with a smooth scale (when using a numeric ‘Z’ variable), or for automatically assigning colors to categorical values taken from along the scale, like this:

Tweaks

You can also apply your own personal tweaks to any of the scales in our palette, using just part of a scale or making it lighter or darker. See how in the User Guide.

Behind the scales

It can also be interesting to dig into the background behind how the scales were designed and why they are like they are.

For example, there is the Perceptual Rainbow color palette (read article by the designer here) which forms the basis for our “Cool” colorscale:

Or Cividis, optimized for color vision deficiency (article here):

Inspired?

Do let us know if you create any great visualizations using these new color scales, or have a feature on your wish-list.

Contact us by email on info@dataclassroom.com.