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Chapter OutlineChapter 14: Principles for Color Thematic Maps
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LIGHT AND THE COLOR SPECTRUM
COLOR PERCEPTION
The Human Eye
Physical Properties of Color
COLOR THEORIES
Additive Color Theory
Subtractive Color Theory
THE DESERT ISLAND EXPERIMENT
COMPONENTS OF COLOR
Hue
Saturation
Value
Munsell Approach
COLOR MODELS
HSV
HSB/HSL
RGB
CIE LAB
CMYK
Grayscale
DEVICE LIMITATIONS
Web Safe Colors
COLOR MATCHING SYSTEMS
Color Interaction
Simultaneous Contrast
Successive Contrast
Color Constancy
SUBJECTIVE REACTIONS TO COLOR
Color Preferences
Colors in Combination
Connotative Meaning and Color
Advanced and Retreating Colors
COLOR IN CARTORAPHIC DESIGN
The Functions of Color in Design
Design Strategies for the Use of Color
Developing Figure and Ground
The Use of Color Contrast
Developing Legibility
Color Conventions in Mapping
Qualitative Conventions
Quantitative Conventions
Color Brewer
Color Harmony in Map Design
REFERENCES
GLOSSARY
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