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Color scheme, the Glossary

In color theory, a color scheme is a combination of 2 or more colors used in aesthetic or practical design.^[1]

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Color schemes

Analogous colors

In color theory, analogous colors are groups of colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. Color scheme and analogous colors are color.

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Aspect (geography)

In physical geography and physical geology, aspect (also known as exposure) is the compass direction or azimuth that a terrain surface faces.

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Black-and-white

Black-and-white (B&W or B/W) images combine black and white to produce a range of achromatic brightnesses of grey.

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Camouflage

Camouflage is the use of any combination of materials, coloration, or illumination for concealment, either by making animals or objects hard to see, or by disguising them as something else.

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In statistics, a categorical variable (also called qualitative variable) is a variable that can take on one of a limited, and usually fixed, number of possible values, assigning each individual or other unit of observation to a particular group or nominal category on the basis of some qualitative property.

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Chart

A chart (sometimes known as a graph) is a graphical representation for data visualization, in which "the data is represented by symbols, such as bars in a bar chart, lines in a line chart, or slices in a pie chart".

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Choropleth map

A choropleth map is a type of statistical thematic map that uses pseudocolor, meaning color corresponding with an aggregate summary of a geographic characteristic within spatial enumeration units, such as population density or per-capita income.

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Christmas decoration

A Christmas decoration is any of several types of ornamentation used at Christmastide and the greater holiday season.

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CIELAB color space

The CIELAB color space, also referred to as L*a*b*, is a color space defined by the International Commission on Illumination (abbreviated CIE) in 1976.

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Color

Color (American English) or colour (British and Commonwealth English) is the visual perception based on the electromagnetic spectrum.

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Color blindness

Color blindness or color vision deficiency (CVD) is the decreased ability to see color or differences in color.

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Color code

A color code is a system for encoding and representing non-color information with colors to facilitate communication.

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Color difference

In color science, color difference or color distance is the separation between two colors.

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Color gradient

In color science, a color gradient (also known as a color ramp or a color progression) specifies a range of position-dependent colors, usually used to fill a region.

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Color picker

A color picker (also color chooser or color tool) is a graphical user interface widget, usually found within graphics software or online, used to select colors and, in some cases, to create color schemes (the color picker might be more sophisticated than the palette included with the program). Color scheme and color picker are color and color schemes.

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Color space

A color space is a specific organization of colors. Color scheme and color space are color schemes.

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Color task

Color tasks are tasks that involve the recognition of colors. Color scheme and color task are color.

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Color temperature

Color temperature is a parameter describing the color of a visible light source by comparing it to the color of light emitted by an idealized opaque, non-reflective body. Color scheme and color temperature are color.

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Color theory

Color theory, or more specifically traditional color theory, is the historical body of knowledge describing the behavior of colors, namely in color mixing, color contrast effects, color harmony, color schemes and color symbolism. Color scheme and color theory are color.

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Color wheel

A color wheel or color circle is an abstract illustrative organization of color hues around a circle, which shows the relationships between primary colors, secondary colors, tertiary colors etc. Color scheme and color wheel are color.

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ColorBrewer

ColorBrewer is an online tool for selecting map color schemes based on palettes created by Cynthia Brewer.

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Complementary colors

Complementary colors are pairs of colors which, when combined or mixed, cancel each other out (lose hue) by producing a grayscale color like white or black. Color scheme and Complementary colors are color.

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Cynthia Brewer

Cynthia Ann Brewer (born 1960) is an American cartographer, author, and professor of geography at Pennsylvania State University.

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Data science

Data science is an interdisciplinary academic field that uses statistics, scientific computing, scientific methods, processes, scientific visualization, algorithms and systems to extract or extrapolate knowledge and insights from potentially noisy, structured, or unstructured data.

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Default (computer science)

A default, in computer science, refers to the preexisting value of a user-configurable setting that is assigned to a software application, computer program or device.

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Fiberglass

Fiberglass (American English) or fibreglass (Commonwealth English) is a common type of fiber-reinforced plastic using glass fiber.

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Flag of the United States

The national flag of the United States, often referred to as the American flag or the U.S. flag, consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternating red and white, with a blue rectangle in the canton bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows, where rows of six stars alternate with rows of five stars.

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Grey

Grey (more common in Commonwealth English) or gray (more common in American English) is an intermediate color between black and white. Color scheme and Grey are color.

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Harmony (color)

In color theory, color harmony refers to the property that certain aesthetically pleasing color combinations have. Color scheme and harmony (color) are color.

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Heat map

A heat map (or heatmap) is a 2-dimensional data visualization technique that represents the magnitude of individual values within a dataset as a color.

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High-visibility clothing

High-visibility clothing, sometimes shortened to hi vis or hi viz, is any clothing worn that is highly luminescent in its natural matt property or a color that is easily discernible from any background.

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Hue

In color theory, hue is one of the main properties (called color appearance parameters) of a color, defined technically in the CIECAM02 model as "the degree to which a stimulus can be described as similar to or different from stimuli that are described as red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet," within certain theories of color vision. Color scheme and hue are color.

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Light-on-dark color scheme

A light-on-dark color scheme, better known as dark mode, dark theme or night mode is a color scheme that uses light-colored text, icons, and graphical user interface elements on a dark background. Color scheme and light-on-dark color scheme are color schemes.

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Logo

A logo (abbreviation of logotype) is a graphic mark, emblem, or symbol used to aid and promote public identification and recognition.

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Monochrome

A monochrome or monochromatic image, object or palette is composed of one color (or values of one color). Color scheme and monochrome are color.

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Owens Corning

Owens Corning is an American company that develops and produces insulation, roofing, and fiberglass composites and related materials and products.

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Palette (computing)

In computer graphics, a palette is the set of available colors from which an image can be made.

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Palette (painting)

A palette is a surface on which a painter arranges and mixes paints.

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Primary color

A set of primary colors or primary colours (see spelling differences) consists of colorants or colored lights that can be mixed in varying amounts to produce a gamut of colors. Color scheme and primary color are color.

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Prison uniform

A prison uniform is a set of standardized clothing worn by prisoners.

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Quantitative research

Quantitative research is a research strategy that focuses on quantifying the collection and analysis of data.

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Seasonality

In time series data, seasonality refers to the trends that occur at specific regular intervals less than a year, such as weekly, monthly, or quarterly.

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Secondary color

A secondary color is a color made by mixing two primary colors of a given color model in even proportions. Color scheme and secondary color are color.

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Spectral color

A spectral color is a color that is evoked by monochromatic light, i.e. either a spectral line with a single wavelength or frequency of light in the visible spectrum, or a relatively narrow spectral band (e.g. lasers). Color scheme and spectral color are color.

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Spreadsheet

A spreadsheet is a computer application for computation, organization, analysis and storage of data in tabular form.

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Stop light party

A stop light party, stoplight party, traffic light party or traffic party is a party at which guests wear different colors indicating their relationship-seeking status.

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Synthetic-aperture radar

Synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) is a form of radar that is used to create two-dimensional images or three-dimensional reconstructions of objects, such as landscapes.

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Thematic map

A thematic map is a type of map that portrays the geographic pattern of a particular subject matter (theme) in a geographic area.

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Tint, shade and tone

In color theory, a tint is a mixture of a color with white, which increases lightness, while a shade is a mixture with black, which increases darkness. Color scheme and tint, shade and tone are color.

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Trade dress

Trade dress is the characteristics of the visual appearance of a product or its packaging (or even the design of a building) that signify the source of the product to consumers.

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Trademark

A trademark (also written trade mark or trade-mark) is a type of intellectual property consisting of a recognizable sign, design, or expression that identifies a product or service from a particular source and distinguishes it from others.

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Traffic light

Traffic lights, traffic signals, or stoplights – also known as robots in South Africa and Namibia – are signaling devices positioned at road intersections, pedestrian crossings, and other locations in order to control the flow of traffic.

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Traffic Light Protocol

The Traffic Light Protocol (TLP) is a system for classifying sensitive information created in the early 2000s by the UK Government's National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre, in order to encourage greater sharing of sensitive information.

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U.S. state

In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50.

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Visual hierarchy

Visual hierarchy, according to Gestalt psychology, is a pattern in the visual field wherein some elements tend to "stand out," or attract attention, more strongly than other elements, suggesting a hierarchy of importance.

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Web design

Web design encompasses many different skills and disciplines in the production and maintenance of websites.

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25-pair color code

The 25-pair color code, originally known as even-count color code, is a color code used to identify individual conductors in twisted-pair wiring for telecommunications.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_scheme

Also known as Coder colors, Color palette, Color schemes, Color triad, Colorscheme, Colour scheme, Colour schemes, Colourway, Dutch colour scheme, List of color schemes, Triadic color, Triadic colors.

, Trademark, Traffic light, Traffic Light Protocol, U.S. state, Visual hierarchy, Web design, 25-pair color code.

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