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posted on 2025-05-09, 08:56 authored by Matthew PartridgeMatthew Partridge

A satirical cartoon legend for scientific graphs, assigning humorous meanings to common graph colors. Highlights how data presentation often reflects personal bias rather than objectivity.

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2016-11-22

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Humorous color key for scientific graphs with six sarcastic data categories

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Universal colour key for scientific graphs Data I like Data on freezing experiments Evil data that disagrees with me This is data I’m unsure about but want to make look pretty Data I want to make unreadable on a white background Unicorn related data

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    data visualisationbiasgraphingCartoons and comicsCartoonComicHumorErrantScience

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