Re:Show HN: Penumbra, a perceptually optimized color palette...
by solasluaith on Friday August 05, 2022 @10:53AM
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Colorbrewer is safe for CVD but not optimized to be as distinguishable as possible no matter your impairment as far as I’m aware. That’s what I’m trying to do in a different project.
Colormaps have very different constraints due to having to cover a continuous ramp and are therefore also not optimal for categorical palettes. I personally like these the best overall: https://www.fabiocrameri.ch/colourmaps/ but there are many good options at this point.
I am not colourblind though, so I can't vouch for how good these are in practice, but at least there is some systematic thought that went into the process instead of ad-hoc rules.