The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: A Theoretical Framework for the Assessment of Continuous Colormaps
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: A Theoretical Framework for the Assessment of Continuous Colormaps
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DOI：
10.1109/tvcg.2017.2743978
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发表时间：
2018-01-01
影响因子：
5.2
通讯作者：
Ahrens, James
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作者：
Bujack, Roxana;Turton, Terece L.;Ahrens, James
在文献中可以找到无数关于什么是“好的”色彩映射表的设计规则。一些常见的规则包括秩序、一致性和高辨别力。然而，这些术语中的许多含义往往含糊不清或有可能被解释。有时，不同的作者可能使用相同的术语来描述不同的概念，或者用不同的命名法来描述相同的规则。这些模棱两可的地方阻碍了合作的方式，即设计实验来评估色彩图的特征。和自动色彩映射表生成。在这篇文章中，我们回顾了当前和历史上关于色彩映射表设计的指南。我们提出了一个特定的分类，并为最常见的设计规则提供了明确的数学定义。
A myriad of design rules for what constitutes a "good" colormap can be found in the literature. Some common rules include order, uniformity, and high discriminative power. However, the meaning of many of these terms is often ambiguous or open to interpretation. At times, different authors may use the same term to describe different concepts or the same rule is described by varying nomenclature. These ambiguities stand in the way of collaborative work, the design of experiments to assess the characteristics of colormaps. and automated colormap generation. In this paper, we review current and historical guidelines for colormap design. We propose a specified taxonomy and provide unambiguous mathematical definitions for the most common design rules.