Jacques Bertin Quote

The author has the reputation of being against color. I am indeed against color when it masks incompetence; when it allows the superimposition of characteristics to the point of absurdity; when people believe it capable of representing ordered data.

p. 222; partly cited in: Laura R. Novick and Sean M. Hurley (2001) "To Matrix, Network, or Hierarchy: That Is the Question" in: Cognitive Psychology 42, 158–216 (2001) - Graphics and graphic information processing (1981)

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