NPDA Colours

[AmaniKrayemRCPCH]

Below is the RCPCH colours guide, some other guidance i find useful, and the colours we tend to use in different situations (with examples)

Useful Guidance

RCPCH Colours

Helpful links

Royal Statistical Society - Here's some guidance on styling for accessibility from the that I tend to use when preparing visuals
Data to Viz - Some helpful guides in producing different visuals
NPDA Extended Analysis 2022-23 - For more examples of how we use colour

Sequential

We tend to use a gradient of dark blue - bright blue - aqua - yellow.

Diverging

We typically do blue - orange. There are specific colours for deprivation.

Deprivation

Most deprived - Red
Second most deprived - Pink
Third least deprived - Bright blue
Second least deprived - Strong blue
Least deprived - Dark blue

Qualitative

We tend to use bright blue, then pink, then green, then other colours. There are specific colours we use for ethnicity.

Ethnicity

White - Bright blue
Asian - Pink
Black - Mid grey
Mixed - Yellow
Other - Dark blue

[AmaniKrayemRCPCH]

@anchit-chandran this is useful for the dashboard

[eatyourpeas]

Thanks @AmaniKrayemRCPCH - the deprivation maps are now live in the staging site - have a look at them. Start with an English PDU, maybe somewhere in London, then look at a Welsh centre eg Swansea, and then look at a centre where England and Wales share a border, like Wrexham. IMD is coloured based on rank, rather than decile and works best where you have 2 opposite colours at the extremes that blend in the middle.