# The Development and Rationale of Cross-blended Hypsometric Tints

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Source type: Library entry
Resource URL: https://doi.org/10.14714/CP69.20
Added: 2026-09-27

## Summary

Elevation tints that shift with climate — green lowlands in wet regions, tan ones in deserts.

- Resource: [The Development and Rationale of Cross-blended Hypsometric Tints](https://doi.org/10.14714/CP69.20)
- By: Tom Patterson & Bernhard Jenny
- Published: 2011
- Kind: writing (article)
- Level: intermediate
- Tags: cartography, color-scales, gradients, designer, research

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