Visualizing temperature trends: Higher sensitivity to trend direction with single-hue palettes.
Amelia C. Warden, Jessica K. Witt, Danielle Albers Szafir · Journal of Experimental Psychology Applied · 2022
', participants' sensitivity to trend information was higher with the single-hue palettes than with more semantically expressive multihue palettes. Our results suggest that visualizations may convey trend information more effectively by selecting colors that exploit ensemble processes rather than selecting semantically compatible colors. Moreover, our results showed semantic compatibility had no effect on sensitivity to trend direction. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).