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| Color Brewer 2.0 |
Web-based tool for selecting appropriate color schemes based on your data type: qualitative (also called categorical), sequential, and diverging. Includes options for color-blind safe schemes. |
| Coblis | A color blindness simulator |
| Colblindor | Site for learning more about color-blindness. Includes tests and tools for checking designs (Coblis) |
| Perceptual Edge | Stephen Few’s website on tools and techniques for visual business intelligence. |
Stephen Few's Practical Rules for Using Color in Charts is an excellent summary of how to use color effectively and how to avoid common mistakes with color display.
A. Light & P.J Bartlein's The end of the rainbow? Color schemes for improved data graphics. Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union. 85:40 (2004): 385-391.