U4.06

Palettes and semantic colour

Cards in this group · 5

  1. U4.06.1Using red or green in a neutral data palette borrows a warning meaning readers can't unsee
  2. U4.06.2Red means gains in Chinese markets and losses in Western ones — the same color, opposite meaning
  3. U4.06.3Status colors and category colors need their own separate territory or one will bleed into the other
  4. U4.06.4Dropping brand colors straight into a data palette usually leaves some categories crowded and others too far apart
  5. U4.06.5A red block still needs the word overdue next to it before its color means anything specific