Zoning in on grayscale for data visualization

Getting it Right in Black & White before Colorizing

Theresa-Marie Rhyne
UX Collective
Published in
13 min readAug 11, 2022

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Introductory image to Zoning in on Grayscale for Data Visualization writing.

A Grayscale is an achromatic color harmony that ranges from pure White on the lightest end to pure Black on the darkest end, its opposite. Depending on how the shades and tones are combined, a sequential or a diverging color scheme can result. In this writing, I discuss how to work with Grayscale as a…

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Theresa-Marie Rhyne is a color expert. Her book on “Applying Color Theory to Digital Media and Visualization” was published by CRC Press in 2016.