My #NatureMethods piece on data visualization is out: “Color scales and the birth of viridis” -
The story of the most influential scientific color maps and why color choice matters for how we interpret data. #dataviz

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41592-026-03114-w

🎁-link: https://rdcu.be/fnPhk

This is part of a series I will lead - and I could not be happier. The initial series, 2013-2015, was what sparked my interest in data visualization while I was finding solutions to present complex omics, imaging, and genetics datasets during my postdoc. Full circle moment, as that is now my life’s work!

PS Thanks to Stephan Preibisch for modeling the color-scales: his pic was the imaging community’s effort to move beyond the problematic “Lenna” test image. More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenna

Lenna - Wikipedia

@helenajambor Preibisch's "new Lenna" is legendary in #ImageAnalysis circles!
@dn_mason its gone from newest release, along with also the really important cell and tissues sample images... any idea why? I should contact Wisconsin...
@helenajambor @dn_mason Get #imagesc on the case. By our powers combined....