Yeojin Kim

Yeojin Kim on R2 |

In Robert Simmon's Subtleties of Color, Simmon writes about effective use of color and how it can be used to optimize data visualization in a world where computer colors are linear and symmetrical, whereas human color perception is non-linear and uneven. He outlines the principles behind the “perfect” color palette,…

Chernoff Faces

Yeojin Kim on Catalog & Classify |

Chernoff Faces are a method for diagramming multiple variables of data at once through facial features (eyes, nose, hair, ears, mouth, eyebrows) with size, orientation, shape, color, and placement potentially representing different attributes of a single observation based on numeric values in a data set. Our visual system is tuned…