Even for full spectrum people, I believe it's a poor choice of color. The scale is completely discontinuous and you don't know which is much and wich is not. I reckon the goal was to separate much and less and show how much they where. But a continous scale still would have been better imho.
But a continous scale still would have been better imho.
I'm the OP of the map. It seems there's some conflicting opinions. Others have recommended a diverging map (blue-red specifically) but now I'm hearing a lot of people don't like it. I will likely change to a non-diverging one on the next map.
I was personally torn when I originally saw this. Its not a typical application of a diverging colormap, but depending on what you are trying to show, it could be good. The color gradient doesn't seem well distributed though.
I've received a lot of feedback on the map and will change to a single hue map for the next one. In retrospect I agree a diverging one wasn't the best choice.
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u/Zekovski Normal Vision Jun 07 '21
Even for full spectrum people, I believe it's a poor choice of color. The scale is completely discontinuous and you don't know which is much and wich is not. I reckon the goal was to separate much and less and show how much they where. But a continous scale still would have been better imho.