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Abstract
ColorBrewer: A Web Tool for Selecting Color Schemes for Maps
Track: Cartography and Map Production
Author(s): Cynthia Brewer, Mark Harrower
ColorBrewer is a Flash tool for choosing among and evaluating 35 different map color schemes with 3 to 12 classes each. Schemes are organized into three groups--sequential, diverging, and qualitative--to suit different thematic data characteristics. Colors are specified in CMYK, RGB (for ArcMap), Hex, Lab, and HSV (for ArcView 3.x). A set of icons suggest suitability of schemes for varied contexts such as color blind readability and black-and-white photocopying. The Web tool was developed with an NSF-funded Digital Government grant through the GeoVISTA Center at Penn State and is available online to all mapmakers at ColorBrewer.org.
Cynthia Brewer
Pennsylvania State University
Department of Geography
302 Walker Building
University Park , PA 16802-5011
USA
Phone: 814-865-5072
Fax: 814-863-7943
E-mail: cbrewer@psu.edu
Mark Harrower
Pennsylvania State University
Department of Geography
302 Walker Building
University Park 16802-5011
USA
Phone: 814-865-5643
E-mail: mah282@psu.edu