Prepare (do before class)

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Readings

• M. Stone, “Choosing Colors for Data Visualization”, 2006.
• C. Healey, “Perception in Visualization,” NC State
• W. S. Cleveland and R. McGill, “Graphical Perception: Theory, Experimentation and the Application to the Development of Graphical Models”, J. Am. Stat. Assoc., Vol.79, No.387, pp. 531-554, 1984.

Videos

• Color in political maps from the Daily Show
• Himba see colors differently from boreme
• Change blindness picture examples, from UBC
• Change blindness video examples, from Dan Simons at Illinois
  

Websites

• Visual perception and data visualization CHI ’00 tutorial
• Color Brewer, Color Brewer
• Checker shadow illusion, Wikipedia
• Color selector algorithm, Tableau
• Interactive color challenge
• Maureen Stone’s site
• Color resources, If We Assume
• Color names from xkcd
• Optical illusions