cs6 kuler_Kuler增加了很酷的数据可视化

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Adobe’s Kuler, which is a community site where designers create and share color themes, added a neat new feature today called Community Pulse. We mentioned Kuler recently in our list of 15 design inspiration sites, but stopped short of calling it a “must bookmark” destination — this new feature may make us reconsider. Community Pulse is a data visualization that displays Kuler download information filtered across location, time, and tag.

Adobe的Kuler是一个社区网站，设计人员可以在其中创建和共享色彩主题，今天又添加了一项新颖的新功能，称为Community Pulse 。 我们最近在15个设计灵感网站的列表中提到了Kuler，但并没有称其为“必须收藏”的目的地-此新功能可能会让我们重新考虑。 Community Pulse是一种数据可视化，显示了根据位置，时间和标签过滤的Kuler下载信息。

Even cooler, Community Pulse can display two different visualizations side by side, which means that users can compare data across locations or time periods. What Community Pulse really shows is how the use of color changes around the globe and at different times of the year. The image below, for example, compares color usage between the US and the UK in Autumn 2008.

更酷的是，Community Pulse可以并排显示两种不同的可视化效果，这意味着用户可以比较不同位置或时间段的数据。 Community Pulse真正显示的是颜色的使用在全球各地以及一年中的不同时间如何变化。 例如，下图比较了2008年秋季美国和英国之间的颜色使用情况。

The larger circles represent the more popular color ranges (depending on your level of granularity, a circle might actually represent more than one color), based on downloads. For now, Kuler only has data available for the US, UK, Germany, Brazil, France, and Japan, and for the four seasons of 2008. According to the site’s FAQ, though, the plan is to rotate different data sets into the Community Pulse feature — which might even mean different filter options in addition to location, time, and tag.

较大的圆圈代表更流行的颜色范围(取决于下载的粒度级别，一个圆圈实际上可能代表一种以上的颜色)。 目前，Kuler仅提供美国，英国，德国，巴西，法国和日本以及2008年四个季节的数据。不过，根据该网站的常见问题解答，该计划是将不同的数据集轮流投放到社区脉冲功能-除位置，时间和标签外，甚至可能意味着其他过滤器选项。

The data visualization also features a histogram that shows color usage by hue, the longer the bar, the more popular the hue. The histogram is extremely useful when comparing two data sets because it very clearly shows which colors are more popular in different geographic regions or at different times of the year. Because the histogram preserves extreme values that the color wheel can’t (because it would end up causing some color clusters to obscure others), it is a better tool for comparing color between data sets.

数据可视化还具有一个直方图，可以按色相显示颜色使用情况，条形越长，色相越受欢迎。 当比较两个数据集时，直方图非常有用，因为它非常清楚地显示出哪种颜色在不同的地理区域或一年中的不同时间更受欢迎。 由于直方图保留了色轮无法达到的极限值(因为它最终会导致某些颜色簇遮盖其他颜色簇)，因此它是比较数据集之间颜色的更好工具。

One tiny issue we noticed with Kuler’s Community Pulse is that the time filter is semantically unclear. Because seasons vary in different hemispheres, it’s hard to tell what “Summer” really refers to. For example, at SitePoint’s main office, everyone is right now enjoying the early months of summer. On the other hand, I am bracing for another big snowstorm this weekend and heading into the coldest part of winter. (SitePoint is based in Australia, while I am in the Northeastern United States.) Since Adobe is an American company, we’ll assume they’re referencing the seasons as they happen in the Northern hemisphere.

我们在Kuler的Community Pulse中注意到的一个小问题是时间过滤器在语义上不清楚。 由于不同半球的季节不同，因此很难说出“夏季”的真正含义。 例如，在SitePoint的总部，每个人现在正享受着夏季的头几个月。 另一方面，我正准备在本周末再度暴风雪，并进入冬季最寒冷的季节。 (SitePoint的总部位于澳大利亚，而我位于美国东北部。)由于Adobe是一家美国公司，因此我们假设他们引用的是北半球的季节。

The Kuler site requires Adobe Flash Player 10.

Kuler网站需要Adobe Flash Player 10。

翻译自: https://www.sitepoint.com/kuler-adds-cool-data-visualization/

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