TDWI Articles

Data Stories: Chart Colors, Text Direction, Animation

Some best practices for color in data visualization and some amusing options for visualization style.

 

Conveying Information with Color

sample of data visualization, linked to full visualization at DataWrapper

Datawrapper provides a series of articles that go in-depth into best practices for color scales in data visualization.

 

Can You Read That?

sample of data visualization, linked to full visualization on Reddit 

This image found on Reddit humorously illustrates the difficulty of reading poorly designed visualizations.

 

Pick a Card?

sample of data visualization, linked to full visualization on Twitter 

For fun, a researcher on Twitter created an animated chart that mimics the ending graphics from Microsoft Solitaire.

 

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