I think Robert Simmons lecture on color theory in data visualization was incredibly informative and interesting. He made so many valuable points but one of the things that stood out to me the most was his motivation to address accessibility. He talks about colorblindness specifically but it is such a strong consideration of understanding your audience and he states that as designers versus artists, we rely on research and fact instead of opinion. With these two ideals in mind, I am curious: what if they contradict one another? How do we design to consider accessibility while still maintaining the pieces as a representation of research? Maybe they don't contradict and that's just a misconception?
How do we consider meaning? There is no global understanding (in color- red here means anxiety, red in China is pride), so can we create universal understanding? Will it always be distracted or skewed by geographic, cultural or religious meanings?
Does color theory have trends? Are some pallets more accepted or rejected in the past?