Math with Bad DrawingsCartoon Archive

Time to Understand Each Color

2021

A bar chart about how long it takes to decode its own mismatched colors.

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Free for classrooms, worksheets, slides and other non-commercial use under CC BY-NC 4.0, with credit to Ben Orlin.

Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2021-01-01-time-to-understand-each-color/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Transcript

[Bar chart] "Time Required to Understand Each Color's Role and Meaning in This Chart" (seconds). Blue (a blue bar): short. Purple (labeled in red, red bar): tall. Orange (labeled in purple, blue-purple bar): tall.

Topics
Statistics › Data Displays › Bar GraphsStatistics › Data Visualization
Level
Middle SchoolHigh SchoolAll Ages
Themes
Self-ReferenceVisual ExplanationsPuzzles & Problems