Color associations for maps

If there’s a color that’s normally associated with your subject, you should probably use it in your map. This video shares some examples of color choices in maps using ArcGIS Pro.

Follow along with the map: https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=5b7b1fc8b61940f7b3432ad7894cbe0d

The data in this video comes from the following sources:

• USA Cropland, USDA NASS
• National Hydrography Dataset Plus Version 2.1, USGS, Esri
• USA Parks, Esri, TomTom
• USA Census Urban Areas, Esri, US Census Bureau
• Surface Air Temperature (Average Annual), Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information [2020]
• Presidential Election 2020 USA - County, MIT Election Data and Science Lab, 2018, "County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2020", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/VOQCHQ, Harvard Dataverse, V11, UNF:6:HaZ8GWG8D2abLleXN3uEig== [fileUNF]
• ACS Race and Hispanic Origin Variables - Boundaries, U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 2018-2022 5-year estimates, Table(s) B03002