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On the ArcGIS Blog, Heather White has a series of video-tutorial posts exploring how to choose colour<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span> when making maps, and what colours can signify on a map. From Color connotations and associations<\/a>: \u201cColors are never neutral. They affect how people think and feel about your map. As a cartographer, you should be aware of the connotations and associations carried by the colors you use. They can be powerful tools to help you communicate more clearly. But if you ignore them, they can just as easily sabotage your map\u2019s message.\u201d See also Light and dark color schemes<\/a> and Choose similar colors to map similar things<\/a> (which you\u2019d think would go without saying, but then things that ought<\/em> to go without saying almost always need saying).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On the ArcGIS Blog, Heather White has a series of video-tutorial posts exploring how to choose colour when making maps, and what colours can signify on a map. From Color connotations and associations: \u201cColors are… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,28],"tags":[179,808,809],"class_list":["post-1831559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-cartography","category-gis","tag-arcgis","tag-color","tag-colour","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1836989,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/02\/designing-for-colour-blindness-in-arcgis-pro\/","url_meta":{"origin":1831559,"position":0},"title":"Designing for Colour Blindness in ArcGIS Pro","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"21 February 2025","format":"link","excerpt":"On the ArcGIS Blog, a guide by Stephanie Oliver to designing maps that are more accessible to readers with colour blindness. 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