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    • Presentations

Colour map types & classes

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Choosing the right Scientific colour map

For effective data representation, the nature of a given data set has to be matched by a suitable Scientific colour map.

There are multiple colour map classes, types, and colour combinations. 

Use them to your advantage !

Colour map types and classes

Use the guideline for choosing the right scientific colour map for any given dataset.

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Flow chart for choosing the right Scientific colour map

For more details, see Crameri et al. (2020, Nature Communications).

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