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Karen Schloss

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Jessica Hullman

Robert Kosara

Michael Gonchar

Sharon Hessney

David Rosen

Scott Murray

Hans Rosling

Scott McCloud

Ben Wellington

Manuel Lima

Michal Migurski

Marian Dörk

Ben Shneiderman

Matt Daniels

Tim Dwyer

OwlTail

Color

Our guest is Karen Schloss, who studies the way in which color is imbued with meaning through a lifetime of associations with objects (like bananas and fire trucks) and concepts (like love and politics). We discuss her research, including topics such as:  What color should recycling bins be? A tool that can help designers use color-concept associations in their work The "blueberry problem" (why is is that blueberries aren't very blue?) How to market a blue banana What color heaven and hell should be  Links: Dr. Karen Schloss's lab at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery Colorgorical: A color-concept tool Our paper for discussion: "Color inference in visual communication: the meaning of colors in recycling" 

Our guest is Karen Schloss, who studies the way in which color is imbued with meaning through a lifetime of associations with objects (like bananas and fire trucks) and concepts (like love and politics). We discuss her research, including topics such as: <ol> <li>What color should recycling bins be?</li> <li>A tool that can help designers use color-concept associations in their work</li> <li>The "blueberry problem" (why is is that blueberries aren't very blue?)</li> <li>How to market a blue banana</li> <li>What color heaven and hell should be</li> </ol> Links: <a href="https://wid.wisc.edu/people/karen-schloss/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Karen Schloss's lab</a> at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery <a href="http://vrl.cs.brown.edu/color" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Colorgorical</a>: A color-concept tool Our paper for discussion: <a href="https://cognitiveresearchjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41235-018-0090-y" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Color inference in visual communication: the meaning of colors in recycling" </a>

Episode 14: Color, Concepts, and Design: Guest Karen Schloss

[This podcast is fully supported by our listeners. If you enjoy listening to Data Stories, consider supporting us on Patreon. And now we also accept one-time donations through Paypal: just use this link. Thanks so much for your support!] In this episode we have Karen Schloss on the show to talk about color. Yes, color! Karen is Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin Madison where she conducts research on the effective uses of color in visualization and everyday tasks. Karen walks us through the intricacies of color: explaining how it works and why it is so hard to get right. We also discuss the infamous rainbow color map, the association between colors and meaning, the tools developed in her lab, and her fascinating research on coloring trash bins! Enjoy the show…  Links  News from Moritz: 123 data, a new data visualization exhibition in Paris Karen Schloss and her research on color Karen’s color tool Colorgorical Article: “When communicating with color, balance can be a path to accuracy” Enrico’s work with climate scientists  Mapping Color to Meaning in Colormap Data Visualizations   http://datastori.es/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/e54144bf-2104-4a72-8a46-88f8e2c8d6ad_34298.mp4

[This podcast is fully supported by our listeners. If you enjoy listening to Data Stories, consider <a href="https://www.patreon.com/datastories" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">supporting us on Patreon</a>. And now we also accept one-time donations through Paypal: just use <a href="https://www.paypal.me/datastories" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this link</a><a href="https://www.paypal.me/datastories" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">. </a>Thanks so much for your support!] In this episode we have <a href="https://schlosslab.discovery.wisc.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Karen Schloss</a> on the show to talk about color. Yes, color! Karen is Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin Madison where she conducts research on the effective uses of color in visualization and everyday tasks. Karen walks us through the intricacies of color: explaining how it works and why it is so hard to get right. We also discuss the infamous rainbow color map, the association between colors and meaning, the tools developed in her lab, and her fascinating research on coloring trash bins! Enjoy the show… Links <ul> <li><a href="http://www.123data.paris" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">News from Moritz: 123 data, a new data visualization exhibition in Paris</a></li> <li><a href="https://schlosslab.discovery.wisc.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Karen Schloss and her research on color</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.colorgorical.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Karen’s color tool Colorgorical</a></li> <li>Article: <a href="https://news.wisc.edu/when-communicating-with-color-balance-can-be-a-path-to-accuracy/." rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“When communicating with color, balance can be a path to accuracy”</a></li> <li><a href="http://vgc.poly.edu/~adasgupta/climateTVCG.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Enrico’s work with climate scientists</a></li> <li> <a href="https://schlosslab.discovery.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/SchlossGramazioSilvermanParkerWanginPress.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mapping Color to Meaning in Colormap Data Visualizations</a> </li> </ul> <a href="http://datastori.es/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/e54144bf-2104-4a72-8a46-88f8e2c8d6ad_34298.mp4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://datastori.es/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/e54144bf-2104-4a72-8a46-88f8e2c8d6ad_34298.mp4</a>

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