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What Is Data Visualization: Brief Theory, Useful Tips and Awesome Examples

Graphic Mama

Use Colors to Your Advantage. In every form of visualization, colors are your best friend and most powerful tool. Even here, color theory is important. When you design your chart, make sure you don’t use more than 5 or 6 colors. The visualization shows the satellites launched from 2003 to 2015.

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Meet Tim Jacobus, the Illustrator Whose Campy Goosebumps Covers Defined ’90s Horror

Eye on Design

Jacobus had deferred to color theory and utilized a more saturated palette to take the edge off. He was a fan of the Brothers Hildebrandt, known for their Tolkien work and rich mastery of colors; he loved that when their imagery dipped into shadows, it didn’t just go dark—it would evolve into blues and purples.