# Color Sequences for Univariate Maps: Theory, Experiments and Principles

Canonical URL: https://colorcurio.us/library/ware-color-sequences
Source type: Library entry
Resource URL: https://scholars.unh.edu/ccom/905/
Added: 2026-09-27

## Summary

Experiments separating reading values from reading shape: lightness carries form, hue helps read values.

A ramp that climbs in luminance while cycling hue can do both — the idea behind many modern maps.

- Resource: [Color Sequences for Univariate Maps: Theory, Experiments and Principles](https://scholars.unh.edu/ccom/905/)
- By: Colin Ware
- Published: 1988
- Kind: writing (article)
- Level: advanced
- Tags: color-scales, perception, cartography, scientist, research

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