Nick Sherman on Nostr: A good reminder that visually pleasing and/or topically thematic color palettes ...
A good reminder that visually pleasing and/or topically thematic color palettes aren’t always the best for color-coded maps (illustrated with two different snowfall maps published on the same day by the New York Times).
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