File talk:Map of U.S. states by unemployment rate.png

This current color scheme is *very* misleading/confusing for color blind people. I just happened to look at the history and saw the blue version, and only by comparing that version to the current one did I realize that the Dakotas/Nebraska were really experiencing extremely low un-employment, instead of extremely high. If possible, for accessibility reasons, I would like to see the old blue version, unless we can come up with an extremely compelling reason current color scheme adds a whole bunch of value. 24.247.42.202 (talk) 02:10, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
 * It's a good point. We should certainly make a change to support the most common types of color blindness.  I'm not that keen on the old blue scale, though - with 7 different hues it is very difficult for me (with normal vision) to see which is which.  I'm currently thinking that a dark blue - light blue - light orange - dark orange scale as at http://vis4.net/blog/posts/goodbye-redgreen-scales/ is the way to go.  Don't have time to do it now.Armouredduck (talk) 13:39, 21 December 2013 (UTC)


 * OK, I've made some changes. I'm not convinced everyone will like it, but it's more important to have something that everyone can use.  Does anyone have any feedback?Armouredduck (talk) 00:29, 5 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Just for fun, I've run the map through a colour blindness check at http://www.etre.com/tools/colourblindsimulator/?imageid=874d655f9d87fec44c27501bede29837&condition=deuteranopia. It looks OK to me, but only someone who is actually colour blind can really tell.Armouredduck (talk) 00:41, 5 January 2014 (UTC)