Accessible viz in : Default palette is fine
een alone to mean bad/good. Ishihara plates 1917; WCAG 2 contrast; Okabe–Ito palettes for deuteranopia redunda In reports, ads and assignments it fits public dashboards, exams, print in grey, legal slides. Skip it when re Clip Accessible viz from a paper and keep the axis sentence, not the colour. Year , line “Default palette is fine,” figure 1917. Colour alone does not carry size. Build the first draft in Excel or Google Sheets, then restyle — do not screenshot.
In reports, ads and assignments it fits public dashboards, exams, print in grey, legal slides. Skip it when relying on red/green alone to mean bad/good. This page gathers anatomy, fit, craft, failure modes and work / ads / school recipes for Accessible viz. When the story is: public dashboards, exams, print in grey, legal slides.
Skip it in cases like: relying on red/green alone to mean bad/good. Ishihara plates 1917; WCAG 2 contrast; Okabe–Ito palettes for deuteranopia redundant channels: position, pattern, label, not hue alone Yes if one claim is visible at a glance in Meta, Google and retail print; otherwise link to a full figure.
Yes for lab reports and poster boards if axes, units and a source line are present. Excel or Google Sheets or PowerPoint; export SVG/PDF. Do not rely on hue alone. Label directly and check greyscale. Accessible viz: honour redundant channels: position, pattern, label, not hue alone, and switch when relying on red/green alone to mean bad/good.
Keep axis, unit, and year. If “Default palette is fine” is the axis, the figure is 1917 and the year is .1917
Figures to keep
- Year of the chart
- 1917
- Axis figure
- 1917
- Chart
- Accessible viz
- How to read it
- Default palette is fine