TY - JOUR
T1 - ColorBrewer in print
T2 - A catalog of color schemes for maps
AU - Brewer, Cynthia A.
AU - Hatchard, Geoffrey W.
AU - Harrower, Mark A.
N1 - Funding Information:
The online tool ColorBrewer <w. ww ColorBeer.worgr> provides speificctoanis for a widern ae ofgclorosch esedeimgnsed to beuse d onth aeic mtmas. Upsersesthetnumber ofcl asseansd thtypeof co lor schmetyhewoueld like to se(seqe tuan,idilvergin, orgqualitative) and arethe offenred 2 to 18 scheme choices. Next they see the scheme they chose on a choorthp-likele map, along with color specifications for a variety of systems: CMYK, RGB, Hex, Lab, and HSV for ArcView 3.x (AV3)1 I.nthis pape, wre pesenrt the schemes in print and describe how they are arranged in pecptreual coospalrce. The ColoerwerBpojerctrwas funded by the National Science Foundation’s Digital Government Pormgandrwaas dierctly inspiedrby experiences with collaborators at three government agencies: the Census Bureau, National Cancer Institute, and National Center for Health Statistics. The first autho, Brrer,whas beeninevolved with a vari-ety of mapping pojecrts at these agencies, either making maps or doing reseachron map types they werep nnling atous . eIneach situation she was drawn into tangentiay rlelalted pojecrts fowhicrh analysts had aealdyrmade maps and were seeking help with “good colors” for them. Sometimes they asked for specific CMYK numbers to reropduce a
Funding Information:
This work was part of the Diigal tGovernment Quality Graphics Project <w.gewovistaw.psu.edu/ grants/dg-qg> which was funded by the National Science Foundation under Grant Nos. 9983451, 9983459, 9983461.
PY - 2003/1
Y1 - 2003/1
N2 - ColorBrewer is a tool that assists mapmakers in choosing and creating color schemes. It is available online at . The color schemes range from 3 to 12 classes and are organized into three basic categories: sequential, diverging, and qualitative. Each of these scheme types has general perceptual characteristics which are described using Munsell hue, value, and chroma specifications. Each scheme has been proofed hour color-separated negatives and adjusted to offer CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black) specifications that produce a readable map when they are used in process-printed publications. This paper offers a printed catalog of all of the ColorBrewer schemes to allow mapmakers to evaluate the appearance of each scheme before they commit to using them in print publications. Since process-color proofing is expensive, this catalog will reduce mapmakers' costs and allow them to be more confident that their maps will make the transition from the desktop computing environment in publication without compromising the intended message through poor color specification.
AB - ColorBrewer is a tool that assists mapmakers in choosing and creating color schemes. It is available online at . The color schemes range from 3 to 12 classes and are organized into three basic categories: sequential, diverging, and qualitative. Each of these scheme types has general perceptual characteristics which are described using Munsell hue, value, and chroma specifications. Each scheme has been proofed hour color-separated negatives and adjusted to offer CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black) specifications that produce a readable map when they are used in process-printed publications. This paper offers a printed catalog of all of the ColorBrewer schemes to allow mapmakers to evaluate the appearance of each scheme before they commit to using them in print publications. Since process-color proofing is expensive, this catalog will reduce mapmakers' costs and allow them to be more confident that their maps will make the transition from the desktop computing environment in publication without compromising the intended message through poor color specification.
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U2 - 10.1559/152304003100010929
DO - 10.1559/152304003100010929
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0037269612
SN - 1523-0406
VL - 30
SP - 5
EP - 32
JO - Cartography and Geographic Information Science
JF - Cartography and Geographic Information Science
IS - 1
ER -