It’s the day of the big interview for the job you’ve been after all your life. You wake up extra early, eat a healthy, energizing breakfast, take a 30-minute jog to get all your synapses firing, and take a hot shower to feel fully ready to conquer the world. You’ve got your clothes all laid out to impress the interview team with your sense of style and professionalism and head out the door in your bright red jacket, lime green pants, and neon purple shirt. Look out world, here you come (Figure P-1)!
Figure P-1. Mismatched outfit with a mix of colors
Cringeworthy, right? Unless the position you are interviewing for is a clown at the circus, those colors are not going to do the job today or any other day. We are extraordinarily cautious with the colors we choose to wear, the colors we paint our homes with, the colors we choose for our cars, even the colors we select for our oh-so-important smartphone cases!
Yet when it comes time to select colors for our infographics and data visualization creations, we often act like someone shook up a rainbow and spilled it all over the floor. Color is by far the most abused and neglected tool in data visualization. We abuse it by making color choices that make no sense, and we neglect it when we populate our hard work with software default settings, which are a good place to start but can be customized to suit your ...
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