Show Me The Numbers - tribute to Tufte/Few

SMHolck — Sun, 03 May 2020 18:28:10 GMT

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Theme Sample

Choosing Colors

The reknowned master of visualizations, Edward Tufte recommended use of soft colors that do not tire the eyes. I've actually never read his books (yet), but a former boss of mine was a devout disciple and produced some beautifully soft color palettes.

Stephen Few, in "Show Me the Numbers," reiterated Tufte's color theories and recommended three sets of hues:

Light - for large shapes, e.g. bars
Medium - for small shapes, e.g. points
Dark/Bright - for calling attention to data

He also recommended avoiding using both red and green in the same graph due to red-green color blindness. He suggested you can use one, but using both would result in the RG color blind person seeing them as the same ... probably not what you intended.

Few further suggested the following colors are the easiest to differentiate:

Gray
Blue
Orange
Green
Pink
Brown
Purple
Yellow
Red

Sample Palettes

To build the theme, first I set out to find the colors listed above.

Find the colors - I'm not sure of the base Hex colors, but I looked at color groups to find colors close to those recommended in "Show Me the Numbers"
Find the proper hue - I used this monochromatic chooser
Add the colors to a theme. Download a theme you like and then just change the hex color values in it.
Adjust the colors - if they are too intense, try lightening them
Fine tune the cards

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Re: Show Me The Numbers - tribute to Tufte/Few

GabrielDC — Tue, 19 May 2020 14:24:00 GMT

Hi SMHolck

Where can we find this beautiful theme?

Thanks

Re: Show Me The Numbers - tribute to Tufte/Few

GabrielDC — Tue, 19 May 2020 14:25:41 GMT

not to worry, found it!!! thanks

Re: Show Me The Numbers - tribute to Tufte/Few

GabrielDC — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 10:05:19 GMT

this is what I found

Re: Show Me The Numbers - tribute to Tufte/Few

felipe_oliveira — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 17:28:38 GMT

This is awsome. could you share pbix file to oliveira.felipe2009@gmail.com ?

Re: Show Me The Numbers - tribute to Tufte/Few

Icad01 — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 19:20:29 GMT

Very nice theme 🙂

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Show Me The Numbers - tribute to Tufte/Few

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Theme Sample

Choosing Colors

Sample Palettes

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