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<h1>Week 6 Reading and Lecture</h1>
<p><span><strong>Please Read: </strong>Chapter 10 “Map Color and Other Channels”</span></p>
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<li><span>Excellent coverage of how color can be used effectively in data visualization.</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span><strong>Please Read/Skim</strong>: <a href="http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.361.6082&rep=rep1&type=pdf">ColorBrewer.org: An Online Tool for Selecting Colour Schemes for Maps (pdf)</a></span></p>
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<li><span>Also try out <a href="http://colorbrewer2.org">http://colorbrewer2.org</a>, widely regarded as hands down the best color tool for visualization.</span></li>
<li><span>See also <a href="https://github.com/d3/d3-scale-chromatic">d3-scale-chromatic</a>, the ColorBrewer colors packaged as a D3 plugin!</span><span></span></li>
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<p><span><strong>Please Read/Skim:</strong> <a href="http://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/visual_business_intelligence/rules_for_using_color.pdf">Practical Rules for Using Color in Charts by Stephen Few (pdf)</a></span></p>
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<li><span>This is really great, practical advice on how to use (and how not to use) color.</span></li>
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<p><span>Please Watch:</span></p>
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<li><span><a class="" href="https://youtu.be/hWAV2kkY1xk?t=42m49s">Visualizing Campaign Finances in the US - Cognitive Stability 42:49 - 45:30 (3 min)</a></span>
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<li><span>My own personal revelation on "Cognitive Stability" relating to color.</span></li>
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<li><a class="" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiD6etOB6qI"><span>Being Clever with Color by Cole Nussbaumer (30 min)</span></a>
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<li><span>Really nice lecture on using color effectively in data visualization.</span></li>
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