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New online archive catalogs colour gradients for mapmaking and design

A newly compiled digital archive collects colour gradient schemes intended for cartography, technical illustration and design work. The collection is organized by author, supports multiple file formats, and includes examples ranging from rainfall maps of the Caribbean to aeromagnetic imagery of Western Australia and lunar surface maps. Full gradient sets are available for download.

Explainer: How color hexcodes reduce human vision to numbers

The piece traces why colors, historically described with only a handful of words per language, needed a numerical system for accurate reproduction across billions of screens. It explains that mapping shades to numbers, rather than an ever-expanding list of names, allows for the precision required to distinguish nearly identical hues.