Visualisation

Notes
Colour
Materials

Notes

Miter joins

This is what you want to search when you are annoyed by line segments not meeting up cleanly when you have thicker lines.

File formats

Abbreviation	Full name	Vector/Raster
EPS	Encapsulated PostScript	Vector
PDF	Portable Document Format	Vector
SVG	Scalable Vector Graphics	Vector
TIFF	Tag Image File Format	Raster

inkscape and convert are two command line tools for converting between vector and raster formats respectively.

Paper sizes

Paper	Width	Height
A4	210mm	297mm
A5	148mm	210mm
A6	105mm	148mm
A7	74mm	105mm

Colour

Colour blindness

For R users who want a drop-in solution for avoiding issues with limited colour perception there is colorBlindness, a package which automates the palette selection process.

Simple R colours

Here is a little snippet of R code that makes it easier to choose some basic colours.

## Define some hex codes to use as a colour scheme. These
## are from the ColorBrewer2 project:
## \code{https://colorbrewer2.org/}
my_colours <- list(
  truth = list(dark = "#d73027", light = "#fee090"),
  estimate = list(dark = "#4575b4", light = "#e0f3f8"),
  other = list(
    grey = list(
      light = "#e0e0e0",
      medium = "#999999",
      dark = "#4d4d4d"
    )
  )
)

Curated palettes

The ultimate resource for visualisations is colorbrewer2.

Solarized

WEBSITE of Ethan Schoonover the creator

Table 1: Solarized HEX codes
Colour	RGB
base03	#002b36
base02	#073642
base01	#586e75
base00	#657b83
base0	#839496
base1	#93a1a1
base2	#eee8d5
base3	#fdf6e3
yellow	#b58900
orange	#cb4b16
red	#dc322f
magenta	#d33682
violet	#6c71c4
blue	#268bd2
cyan	#2aa198
green	#859900

Here is a snippet to add to your CSS if you want to use it.

:root {
    --base03: #002b36;
    --base02: #073642;
    --base01: #586e75;
    --base00: #657b83;
    --base0: #839496;
    --base1: #93a1a1;
    --base2: #eee8d5;
    --base3: #fdf6e3;
    --yellow: #b58900;
    --orange: #cb4b16;
    --red: #dc322f;
    --magenta: #d33682;
    --violet: #6c71c4;
    --blue: #268bd2;
    --cyan: #2aa198;
    --green: #859900;
}

Or if you want to use it in LaTeX

\usepackage{xcolor}

\definecolor{base03}{HTML}{002b36}
\definecolor{base02}{HTML}{073642}
\definecolor{base01}{HTML}{586e75}
\definecolor{base00}{HTML}{657b83}
\definecolor{base0}{HTML}{839496}
\definecolor{base1}{HTML}{93a1a1}
\definecolor{base2}{HTML}{eee8d5}
\definecolor{base3}{HTML}{fdf6e3}
\definecolor{yellow}{HTML}{b58900}
\definecolor{orange}{HTML}{cb4b16}
\definecolor{red}{HTML}{dc322f}
\definecolor{magenta}{HTML}{d33682}
\definecolor{violet}{HTML}{6c71c4}
\definecolor{blue}{HTML}{268bd2}
\definecolor{cyan}{HTML}{2aa198}
\definecolor{green}{HTML}{859900}

Converting between representations

I have a colour converter page for moving between representations.

Materials

My notes on colours
My list of links relating to visualisation
University of Melbourne branding guide V1