Old-Style, Traditional 3-D Rainbow Model (IMAGE)

Harvard University

Old-Style, Traditional 3-D Rainbow Model

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Rainbow color schemes are very common in scientific visualizations, despite the well documented fact that the coloring is not well attuned to the human visual system. Researchers at Harvard have shown that a gradient from black to red is more effective for diagnosing heart disease in visualizations of arteries.

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Michelle Borkin

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