Title :
Rainbow Color Map (Still) Considered Harmful
Author :
Borland, David ; Taylor, Russell M., II
Author_Institution :
North Carolina Univ., Chapel Hill, NC
Abstract :
In this article, we reiterate the characteristics that make the rainbow color map a poor choice, provide examples that clearly illustrate these deficiencies even on simple data sets, and recommend better color maps for several categories of display. The goal is to make the rainbow color map as rare in visualization as the goto statement is in programming - which complicates the task of analyzing and verifying program correctness
Keywords :
colour graphics; data visualisation; data visualization; rainbow color map; Color; Conference proceedings; Data visualization; Encoding; Gray-scale; Hazards; Isosurfaces; Magnetic resonance imaging; Tensile stress; Transfer functions; color map; rainbow color map; visualization toolkits;
Journal_Title :
Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MCG.2007.323435
