Compositing color with texture for multi-variate visualization

ABSTRACT

Multivariate data visualization requires the development of effective techniques for simultaneously conveying multiple different data distributions over a common domain. Although it is easy to successfully use color to represent the value of a single variable at a given location, effectively using color to represent the values of multiple variables at the same point at the same time is a trickier business. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive overview of strategies for effectively combining color with texture to represent multiple values at a single spatial location, and present a new technique for automatically interweaving multiple colors through the structure of an acquired texture pattern.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.3 COMPUTER GRAPHICS
      I.3.7 Three-Dimensional Graphics and Realism

Additional Classification:
  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.3 COMPUTER GRAPHICS
      I.3.m Miscellaneous

Keywords:
color, multivariate visualization, texture