Double Complements for a Visualization
Exploring a tetrad color harmony with Paletton.com and Viz Palette
In this writing, I discuss how to create a Tetrad Color Harmony with the freely accessible color scheme design tool called Paletton.com. The resulting color theme is then applied to a bar chart visualization. Visually, the Tetrad Color Harmony uses four colors that form a rectangle on the Color Wheel. I will then show how to use Viz Palette to quickly assess how the selected color scheme might appear with other information visualization examples. The similarities between a tetrad color theme shown under the Paletton.com Mondrianish display and a Viz Palette Treemap simulation are also featured.
Both Paletton.com — the Color Scheme Designer and Viz Palette are freely accessible online tools for your continued use. Let’s begin the discussion here by exploring how Paletton.com supports Color Harmony.
Color Harmony
Color Harmony is the process of choosing colors that work well together in the composition of an image. Similar…
