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Cynthia Brewer | |
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| Born | 1960 (age 64–65) |
| Alma mater | University of Guelph (BA) Michigan State University (MA, PhD) |
| Known for | ColorBrewer |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Pennsylvania State University |
| Thesis | Prediction of Surround-Induced Changes in Map Color Appearance |
| Website | sites |
Cynthia Ann Brewer (born 1960) is an American cartographer, author, and professor of geography at Pennsylvania State University. Brewer's specialty relates to visibility and color theory in cartography. In 2023, she was awarded the International Cartographic Society's highest honor, the Carl Mannerfelt Gold Medal, for her distinguished contribution to the field.
Her web, print, and colorblind-friendly sets of colors, known as the Brewer palettes, have been used by numerous projects.[1][2] She is the creator of the online color palette tool ColorBrewer.[3]
Brewer has worked as a map and atlas design consultant for the U.S. Census Bureau, National Cancer Institute, National Center for Health Statistics, and National Park Service. She teaches courses in introductory cartography and map design.[4] She also works on topographic map design, multi-scale mapping, generalization, and atlas mapping. She has been influential as a theorist for map representations and GIS professionals.
- ^ Stephen D. Gardner, 2005, Evaluation of the ColorBrewer Color Schemes for Accommodation of Map Readers with Impaired Color Vision Archived 2018-07-29 at the Wayback Machine (6.1MB PDF)
- ^ Zaccardi, Emily (3 January 2022). "Down from the Shelf: Accommodating Color Palettes for All". Stories. American Association of Geographers. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ "ColorBrewer 2.0". Archived from the original on June 30, 2022. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
- ^ Brewer, Cynthia (30 July 2005). Designing Better Maps: A Guide for GIS Users. Esri Press. ASIN 1589480899.