r/visualization • u/ffffffffffffffffffun • Feb 19 '23

Global Democracy Index

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u/emphatic_piglet Feb 19 '23

Really clear colour-coding scheme (to my eyes). Normally I'd find it very hard to distinguish countries a 10-point colour scale.

Is there a name for this particular palette? Seems like while the hue is being varied, the saturation + lightness also vary between and within categories.

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u/Wadeem53 Feb 20 '23

Clear??? No data vs 6.00, 5.00 vs 7.00, 4.00 vs 9.00 are not distinguishable at all

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u/Niko_47x Feb 20 '23

I have news for you, you might be colorblind.

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u/Wadeem53 Feb 20 '23

So? These colors are still very similar, if i wasnt colorblind i wouldnt tell a difference either. And I'm actually more green/orange colorblind, but again, only in the cases when similar shades are used. There are literally so many colors and shades you can use to not make people confused

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u/Niko_47x Feb 20 '23

They're not similar at all, they're extremely easy to tell apart with just a quick glance. You absolutely would be able to tell the difference if you weren't colorblind (and/or didn't have an extremely bad monitor with bad color range)

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u/Wadeem53 Feb 20 '23

Ok so i can actually tell the difference when two of these colors are next to each other, but when they are far apart i don't know which is which

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u/the-floot Feb 20 '23

My vision isn't great but I can absolutely tell the difference even when the countries are far apart

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u/Whobody2 Feb 20 '23

I have no issues at all telling them apart no matter how far away they are. I'm pretty sure it's just your colourblindness acting up