Talk:2005 Atlantic hurricane season statistics/Colors

message: 7Here is my idea for a color scheme:
Extratropical  Edit  - (silver)  Edit
Tropical depression  Edit  - (#E1CCFF)  Edit
Tropical storm  Edit  - (aqua)  Edit
Category 1 hurricane  Edit  - (#C0E000)  Edit
Category 2 hurricane  Edit  - (#FFFF66) Edit
Category 3 hurricane  Edit  - (#FFCC66)  Edit
Category 4 hurricane  Edit  - (#FF9900)  Edit
Category 5 hurricane  Edit  - (#FF0000)  Edit
Hopefully this can obtain the start of a consensus.  I seem to have a good color progression here with what I hope is some reasonable contract.  The category 1 color is a dirty green as opposed to a light green.  Perhaps it can be tweaked some more, but at least it is now not a pretty "it's OK" kind of green.
To Hurricane Eric:  Please do not revert the colors back.  That is not the way forward, and I do want to move forward with this.  Look at it this way: Sometimes the issue needs to be forced.  I think that a consensus can be forgred here, but you need to be part of that process instead of a barrier to change. --EMS | Talk 17:07, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Another proposal 

message: 16
Extratropical  Edit  - (lightgrey)  Edit
Tropical depression  Edit  - (aqua)  Edit
Tropical storm  Edit  - (lightgreen)  Edit
Category 1 hurricane  Edit  - (yellow)  Edit
Category 2 hurricane  Edit  - (orange) Edit
Category 3 hurricane  Edit  - (red)  Edit
Category 4 hurricane  Edit  - (violet)  Edit
Category 5 hurricane  Edit  - (pink)  Edit
Well I guess you don't want an overpowering color for a depression.
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Extratropical  Edit  - (lightgrey)  Edit
Tropical depression  Edit  - (lightblue)  Edit
Tropical storm  Edit  - (lightgreen)  Edit
Category 1 hurricane  Edit  - (yellow)  Edit
Category 2 hurricane  Edit  - (orange) Edit
Category 3 hurricane  Edit  - (red)  Edit
Category 4 hurricane  Edit  - (violet)  Edit
Category 5 hurricane  Edit  - (pink)  Edit
Violet works good. It's purple that you don't want. If you type violet insted of putting a number on it you aren't gonna get purple. Below is what it would look like with purple.
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Extratropical  Edit  - (lightgrey)  Edit
Tropical depression  Edit  - (lightblue)  Edit
Tropical storm  Edit  - (lightgreen)  Edit
Category 1 hurricane  Edit  - (yellow)  Edit
Category 2 hurricane  Edit  - (orange) Edit
Category 3 hurricane  Edit  - (red)  Edit
Category 4 hurricane  Edit  - (violet)  Edit
Category 5 hurricane  Edit  - (pink)  Edit
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tcatron565 (talk • contribs) .
: Please look at the above posts for the list of criteria we're working with - we shouldn't use pink or green. --AySz88^-^ 17:49, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  I think there's going to be a lot of problems with the number of "easter egg" and high-intensity colors.  --AySz88^-^ 17:52, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is this better?

message: Extratropical  Edit  - (cccccc)  Edit
Tropical depression  Edit  - (88ccff)  Edit
Tropical storm  Edit  - (00faf4)  Edit
Category 1 hurricane  Edit  - (ffffcc)  Edit
Category 2 hurricane  Edit  - (ffff66) Edit
Category 3 hurricane  Edit  - (ffdd88)  Edit
Category 4 hurricane  Edit  - (ffa500)  Edit
Category 5 hurricane  Edit  - (ff6060)  Edit
Some more further refinements by taking into account the comments above. Titoxd(?!? - help us) 00:45, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I like this one. The colours seem to correspond to the intensity, and it doesn't hurt my eyes. --Shanel 00:54, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

text: Could the aqua-problem be solved by using my suggestion from no 13, its numbered 99FFFF? Jonatanj 01:02, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  We're trying to make the aqua darker, not lighter... Titoxd(?!? - help us) 01:04, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  Well, either way really works to reduce the intensity (which is kinda strange).  Or, we could get rid of aqua.... I think used a indigoish color in "15".  --AySz88^-^ 01:16, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  Gah, I made the same mistake I made last time.  The "reduction" in intensity is sensitive to which (light vs dark) background you pick.  Lightening might be better for progression, though.... --AySz88^-^ 01:28, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  Well, the aqua colors are more indicative of rain more than anything else, that's why I like bluish colors. I was thinking that indigo could be used for subtropical depressions or subtropical storms. Titoxd(?!? - help us) 01:38, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

text:  The one used in "15" is VERY close to the current TD Jonatanj 01:24, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

text:  Arent we getting to close to TD then? and for what purpose is it going to be darked, isnt it "les significant" there is the goal? Jonatanj 01:11, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  TD and TS are kinda coupled together, so I don't think doing it strictly one-by-one is a good idea.  We might be agreed on 1-5 though. --AySz88^-^ 01:16, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  We are close on 1-5 but to me i still see 2 as more intensa than 3, but if its only to me im willing to give me about that Jonatanj 01:20, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  In terms of brightness, cat 2 is more intense.  In terms of color progression however there is a smooth change of hue going from the cream of cat 1 to the red of cat 5.  The brightness "glitch" is an odd effect, but it makes it so that the cat1/cat2 and cat2/cat3 differences are reasonably pronounced, and that IMO is more important.  --EMS | Talk 03:32, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

text: No nice colors. That excludes purple, especially that light purple, all shades of pink, pale red, baby blue, all the easter egg colors, and discourages violet. I like 1, 2, 6, and 9 with one being my favorite. I detest 14 and 18. My vote would be to combine 2 and 3. I like the blood-red for Category 5 but I don't like the pale dark blue for Extratropical. -- Hurricane Eric - my dropsonde - archive 00:59, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  Well, pure colors would be ideal, but at some point we have to start worrying about contrast issues. That throws out pure red, pure aqua and the almost-unreadable red in 3. Then, we are reserving warm colors to the hurricanes, and having cool colors for the TS/TDs, so that leaves us with a very limited palette to work with. Then you have color-blindness issues, and the track maps... Titoxd(?!? - help us) 01:14, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

text:  I'm afraid I pretty much have no idea which specific colors you are talking about.  14 was just a copy of the current colors for reference, 18 was an example of what not to do, so those really don't give us much about what you're complaining about. --AySz88^-^ 02:31, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: 20

message: Tropical depression  Edit  - (779bEE)  Edit
Tropical storm  Edit  - (5ebaff)  Edit
Category 1 hurricane  Edit  - (dbFF88)  Edit
Category 2 hurricane  Edit  - (F2E182) Edit
Category 3 hurricane  Edit  - (ffcc33)  Edit
Category 4 hurricane  Edit  - (ffa500)  Edit
Category 5 hurricane  Edit  - (ff6060)  Edit
Extratropical has no use with us as no advisories are released when storms are extratropical. NSLE (T+C+CVU) 02:13, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: No, but it can help when between tropical periods for a storm that regenerates (i.e. Ivan) CrazyC83 23:45, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: 22

message: (by HurricaneCraze32)
Extratropical  Edit  - (779bEE)  Edit
Subtropical depression  Edit  - (violet)  Edit
Tropical depression  Edit  - (#E1CCFF)  Edit
Tropical storm  Edit  - (lightgreen)  Edit
Subtropical Storm  Edit  - (#ffe775)  Edit
Category 1 hurricane  Edit  - (#ffdd88)  Edit
Category 2 hurricane  Edit  - (#ffffaa) Edit
Category 3 hurricane  Edit  - (pink)  Edit
Category 4 hurricane  Edit  - (#ff8f20)  Edit
Category 5 hurricane  Edit  - (#ff4343)  Edit
Dont have to include subtropicals but oh well.HurricaneCraze32 13:25, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Here's Another one.25

message: Extratropical  Edit  - (cccccc)  Edit
Tropical depression  Edit  - (5ebaff)  Edit
Tropical storm  Edit  - (00faf4)  Edit
Category 1 hurricane  Edit  - (ffffcc)  Edit
Category 2 hurricane  Edit  - (ffe775) Edit
Category 3 hurricane  Edit  - (ffc140)  Edit
Category 4 hurricane  Edit  - (ff8e0d)  Edit
Category 5 hurricane  Edit  - (ff6060)  Edit
Only one change: Category 4 drops a shade, to make it stand out from Category 5 while not too close to Category 3. CrazyC83 18:44, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: System 26: addresses complaints