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Why yes, I *can* help.

I've updated this @BetterFigures post on "picking a colour scale for scientific graphics" to include a colourblind-friendly categorical palette, and to reference viridis directly. betterfigures.org/2015/06/23/pic… #endrainbow

We tested Rainbow against Viridis colour palettes for finding a subtle feature in data. You probably will believe what happened: wp.me/p2JKQZ-8z #endrainbow

Can you find the discontinuity? dougmcneall.shinyapps.io/discon/ This test app asks you to find the discontinuity in either Rainbow or Viridis colour palettes, and saves your answers. A bit of #endrainbow fun, idea by my friend Tim Graham

UPDATED: We got some more data in from the Rainbow-palette figure count at #EGU18. Want to guess if it made it worse or better? betterfigures.org/2018/04/16/how… #endrainbow

How many Rainbows at #egu2018? New post at @BetterFigures betterfigures.org/2018/04/16/how…

Hey everybody, what’s the best climate (science) visualisation you’ve seen recently? #endrainbow #climate #climatechange #science #Visualization #visualisation

@BetterFigures stopped by @BAS_News to offer some thoughts and advice on scientific graphics. Slides available here: betterfigures.org/2018/03/22/bet…

Pleased to report the nice people at @BAS_News are fully on board with @BetterFigures 👍 betterfigures.org/2018/03/22/bet…

@BetterFigures @ClimateLabBook So we need a standard that allows a presentation to be trivially broadcast to a room, and received by an app that can then recolour plots as desired by the user. Could also swap fonts, zoom, etc. Plugin for Powerpoint, etc. Feasible.

Do our efforts to find better colour scales have a cost and entrench privilege? Interesting comment at @betterfigures #comment-2515" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">betterfigures.org/2015/07/10/a-w…

@seeoh2 @rsimmon Better perhaps is "what would @rsimmon do?"

@BetterFigures Nice discussion on color for priority and categorisation ux.stackexchange.com/questions/9570…

@micefearboggis Yes

Do any "better" colour scales do as well as Rainbow at both categorisation and ordering? #endrainbow

Theory: Rainbow colour scale is still popular because it does both categorisation and ordering (though imperfectly). #endrainbow

Daily rainfall on Ben Nevis & in Fort William from 1893-1904. All rescued by volunteer citizen scientists. Thankyou! weatherrescue.org

PhD researcher Hayley Bannister needs your help finding best methods to visualise climate model output academictrial.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_di…