About consistency

[sehilyi]

• [ ] Should consistency consider axis labels as well
  • e.g., bar chart's bars <=> heatmap's x and y label
• [ ] Should consider providing non-overlapping palettes as well
  • refer to Keeping Multiple Views Consistent: Constraints, Validations, and Exceptions in Visualization Authoring
  • This is especially important to distinguish two charts in superimposed layouts
  • hue
  • saturation
  • shape: only when mark is identical
  • stroke
  • stroke-color
  • stroke-width
  • background
  • [...]

[sehilyi]

• [ ] Rename "consistency" to include line connections? (e.g., visual linking)
• [ ] Add subparts highlighting such as highlighting an (A-B) region with red color
• [ ] Add cross elements consistency (e.g., cell fill color vs axis label background color)

[sehilyi]

• [ ] We can provide color consistency between heatmap and bar chart by using hue and saturation together. Hue for categorical color and saturation for quantitative color.