Figure Palette Lab
colors for manuscript figures on a white page
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One row per data series. Rename it to match your systems; the label is used in the figure and exports.
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Numbers are ΔE for the hardest case (normal vision or colorblind). Select a red cell to jump to that color.
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Fit
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200%
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Width
Text
pt
Lines
pt
Error bands
Normal
Deutan
Protan
Tritan
Grayscale
Colormap for energy maps, contact maps and heatmaps
Type
Sequential from a series color
Diverging between two series colors
viridis
cividis (colorblind-optimized)
Color
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Bottom strip: the same colormap in grayscale. It should go smoothly from dark to light with no bumps.
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Library colors ranked by how clearly they stand apart from the other series, for normal and colorblind readers.
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Choose what to return to the original state. Every reset can be undone right after.
Restore original colors
Put every series back to the color it had when it was added or loaded. Labels, markers and settings stay.
Reset palette
Back to the 5 default series (Premium manuscript colors, default labels, circles and solid lines).
Reset figure settings
Plot type, width, text size, line width, error bands, vision view, zoom, colormap and panel sizes back to defaults.
Reset everything except saved palettes
Palette and figure settings back to defaults. Your saved palettes are kept.
Factory reset
Everything back to how the page first opened, including deleting your saved palettes.