On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 1:30 AM, Todd <toddr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> About this, I am not expert so forgive me if this is nonsensical.
> However, it would seem to me that these requirements are basically the same
> as the requirements for the new default colormap that prompted this whole
> discussion. So, rather than create two inconsistent set of colors that
> accomplish similar goals, might it be better to instead use the default
> colormap for the line colors? You could pick "N" equally-spaced colors
> from the colormap and use those as the line colors.
>
I'm no expert either, but while similar principles about colorblind
compatibility, etc apply, you want to sue a different scheme to represent a
continuous range of colors and a set of distinct colors that aren't
intended to be ranked.
-Chris
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