Xkcd Color Survey Visualization. You can use them in Matplotlib by prefixing their names with xkcd. The xkcd color library provides another great way to update Matplotlibs default colors. More Color Study Visualizations. Specifically it reveals a list of 949 color names with matching values that were frequently used by participants.
Hundred thousand participants in the xkcd color name survey. Despite out individual color perception an Australian research project now identified the worlds ugliest color in a quest to find a repelling cigarette packaging. Weather Sealed wasnt the only one thirsty for color knowledge and ripe with ideas of ways to visualize the findings. A couple of years ago xkcd ran a survey that asked people to name colors. More Color Study Visualizations. Only black white and cyan are identical.
Only black white and cyan are identical.
The idea behind the survey was to test users visual perception of colours so what they identify as being red green blue and so forth. The resulting visualization borne of the XKCD data shows the primary color names their lesser-used brethren and the relationship between them. Color Design Principles Control value darknesslightnessEnsure legibilityAvoid unwanted emphasis Use a limited hue palette 6 colorsControl color pop outBe aware of perceptual color groupingAvoid clutter from too many competing colors Use neutral backgroundsControl impact of colorMinimize simultaneous contrast 147. XYZ Color Model definition of three primary colors. X Y Z color-matching functions the numerical description of the chromatic response of the observer here non-negative Y follows the standard human response to luminance ie the Y value represents perceived brightness can represent all perceivable colors mathematically. If you want to vote it closes at noon EST on Monday.