ColorBrewer in print: A catalog of color schemes for maps

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-32

  Brewer, Cynthia A ^a   Hatchard, Geoffrey W ^a   Harrower, Mark A ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Color; Design; Printing; Symbolization; Thematic mapping

Indexed keywords

COLOR PRINTING; MAPPING; PAPER; PERSONAL COMPUTERS;

COLORBREWER;

MAPS;

CARTOGRAPHY; COLOR; DESIGN; SOFTWARE; THEMATIC MAPPING;

COLOR PRINTING; MAPPING; MAPS; MICROCOMPUTERS; PAPER;

EID: 0037269612     PISSN: 15230406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1559/152304003100010929     Document Type: Article

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