The choice of colour to represent information in scientific images is a fundamental part of communicating findings. However, a number of colour palettes that are widely used to display critical ...

Data visualizations using rainbow color scales are ubiquitous in many fields of science, depicting everything from ocean temperatures to brain activity to Martian topography. But cartographers have ...

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Decisions based on data being unfairly represented could produce a Martian rover being sent over terrain that is too steep as the topography was inaccurately visualized. The choice of colour to ...