GC Insights: Rainbow colour maps remain widely used in the geosciences

Westaway, Richard M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-5-83-2022

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GC Insights: Rainbow colour maps remain widely used in the geosciences

Richard M. Westaway

Data sets

Rainbow colour maps remain widely used in the geosciences Richard M. Westaway https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5566884

Rainbow color map distorts and misleads research in hydrology – guidance for better visualizations and science communication Michael Stoelzle https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5145746

Short summary

Rainbow and red–green colour schemes are widely used in scientific publications despite being...