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UCHIC / SurveyDataViewer

A web application for visualizing the results of social science survey data.
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Unidimensional Color Scheme #47

Closed AmberSJones closed 9 years ago

AmberSJones commented 9 years ago

We need to change the color scheme for the questions that are unidimensional (the Concerns). So, this should be a question type that we identify in the codebook and template. We could either:

  1. Keep the current color scheme, but reverse it so that 'Very concerned' is red and 'not at all concerned' is green.
  2. Use a single color with a gradient to white or gray. 'Very concerned' should be the solid color or most saturated level and 'Not at all concerned' should be white or gray.
AmberSJones commented 9 years ago

I think we need to do option 2.

Maurier commented 9 years ago

Implemented option 2 with red gradient.

AmberSJones commented 9 years ago

This is great, but I'm concerned that there isn't enough difference in the gradient. Can we make the 0 more white and the 5 darker or more saturated?

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Maurier commented 9 years ago

I have implemented a new color scheme. Let me know what you think.

AmberSJones commented 9 years ago

I like it, but I don't think it will work for color blindness: image

I think we should do the blue sequential scale shown on this page: http://geog.uoregon.edu/datagraphics/color_scales.htm I just don't think it works well enough to do red for the color blindness issue.

Maurier commented 9 years ago

Changed to the blue with 10 steps.

AmberSJones commented 9 years ago

Looks good. And my online color blind reference agrees: image