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Author: Eamon Caddigan <eamon.caddigan@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2025 20:21:22 -0700
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+title: "Weeknote for 2025-W33"
+description: "Advice for data graphics and colors therein"
+date: 2025-08-17T20:15:48-07:00
+draft: false
+categories:
+- Weeknotes
+- Data Science
+tags:
+- Dataviz
+- R
+---
+
+I’m not making as many data graphics at work as I had in previous positions,
+and I sometimes miss it. I’m hoping to convert an infographic that my team
+produces collaboratively with a designer (who uses InDesign) into an entirely
+code-based process, but it’s a low-priority project and I need to make sure
+nobody’s feelings would be hurt about the transition.
+
+[Helena Jambor](https://mastodon.social/@helenajambor/) kindly put together [a
+data visualization
+checklist](https://helenajamborwrites.netlify.app/posts/25-6_ncb/) (also
+published in Nature Cell Biology) which provides actionable guidelines for
+anybody putting together an ambitious graphic. It goes into more detail, but it
+recalls the surprisingly excellent [guidelines from
+Nature](https://research-figure-guide.nature.com/figures/preparing-figures-our-specifications/)[^nature]
+on making good graphics for submission.
+
+Guidelines for incorporating color into plots are wise to advise caution, but
+colorful data graphics are more fun. [This post from Nicola
+Rennie](https://nrennie.rbind.io/blog/colours-in-r/) on using colors in R is a
+great place for R users to start. It introduced me to the [eyedroppeR
+package](https://github.com/doehm/eyedroppeR), which is a ton of fun to play
+with.
+
+I’ve been threatening to update my website’s color scheme from the one that
+[Amin](https://benjaminhollon.com/) put together as a default for
+[readable.css](https://readable-css.freedomtowrite.org/) (not that there’s
+anything wrong with it---it’s just not _mine_). I’ll probably use these as a
+jumping-off point. I’m also a fan of [Coolors](https://coolors.co/) and the
+[Colour Lovers](https://www.colourlovers.com/palettes/) community for palette
+creation and inspiration.
+
+[^nature]: I recently came across these from [this post on adopting
+ Typst](https://labrigger.com/blog/2025/08/02/switching-to-typst/), which is
+also worth checking out.
