Ross Ihaka
Colour for Presentation Graphics
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Choosing a "good" set of colours for a graphical display is an
important problem, but one which many data analysis practitioners
are ill-equipped to solve. Most current graphics systems provide
very little assistance in making good colour choices. Indeed, most
systems require that a user specify their colours in ways which are
closely related to the hardware representation of the colours rather
than to the way we most naturally think about colour. This tends to
encourage bad colour choices.

In this paper we'll examine some principles and software which
enables us to make better colour choices. The ideas are close to
those presented by Albert Munsell over 100 years ago, but they will
be be developed in a more contemporary framework.