Anyone who's chatted with me about figure design (at least in Astronomy) in the last two years has probably heard my rantings and ravings about some strange color pallet called
cubehelix (not to be confused with
timecube). I flat out love this color scheme, and I think it could work for you! Here's why:
1. It Works Better for YOU
The most notable feature about CUBEHELIX (or "cubehelix" if you prefer) is that
it prints equally well in color and black & white! This is a great time saver when making figures for publications where color is only available online (if like in Astronomy you still use journals with print copies). CUBHELIX accomplishes this by cycling through the RGB cube, while constantly increasing the saturation (black to white). I like this figure, which explains how CUBEHLIX works and its name:
