Using color in visualization: A survey

Computers and Graphics (Pergamon)

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 320-333

  Silva, Samuel ^a,b   Sousa Santos, Beatriz ^a,b   Madeira, Joaquim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Color maps; Color scales; Guidelines; Visualization

Indexed keywords

COLOR; DISPLAY DEVICES; FLOW VISUALIZATION; SURVEYS; VISUALIZATION;

COLOR MAP; COLOR SCALE; COMPUTER DISPLAY; DATA AND INFORMATION; EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH; GUIDELINES; OUTPUT DEVICES; VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS;

DATA VISUALIZATION;

EID: 79251621495     PISSN: 00978493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cag.2010.11.015     Document Type: Article

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