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Data Stories: Chart Colors, Text Direction, Animation

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

By Upside Staff
August 4, 2021

Conveying Information with Color

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

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

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