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Theresa-Marie Rhyne

Visualization Consultant

Theresa-Marie Rhyne is an expert in the field of computer-generated visualization and a consultant who specializes in applying artistic color theories to visualization and digital media. She has consulted with the Stanford University Visualization Group on a color suggestion prototype system, the Center for Visualization at the University of California at Davis and the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute at the University of Utah on applying color theory to ensemble data visualization.

Biography

Theresa-Marie Rhyne has over 25 years of experience in producing and colorizing digital media and visualization. She has consulted with the Stanford University Visualization Group on a color suggestion prototype system, the Center for Visualization at the University of California at Davis, and the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute at the University of Utah on applying color theory to ensemble data visualization. Prior to her consulting work, she founded two visualization centers: (1) the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Scientific Visualization Center in the 1990s and (2) the Center for Visualization and Analytics at North Carolina State University in the 2000s. Theresa-Marie Rhyne earned a BS degree, two MS degrees, and the Degree of Engineer in Civil Engineering from Stanford University. She entered the computer graphics field as a result of her computational and geographic modeling research in geotechnical and earthquake engineering. She is also an internationally recognized digital media artist who began creating digital media with early Apple computers, including the colorization of early Macintosh educational software.
Her web site is www.theresamarierhyne.com and her blog is located at http://www.theresamarierhyne.com/Theresa-Marie_Rhynes_Viewpoint /Blog/Blog.html. Follow her on twitter at: @tmrhyne.

Education

    BS - Civil Eng, Stanford University, Stanford, California
    MS - Civil Eng, Stanford University, Stanford, California
    ENG - Civil Eng, Stanford University, Stanford, California
    MS - Civil Eng, Stanford University, Stanford, California

Areas of Research / Professional Expertise

    Computer Generated Visualization
    Applying Color Theory to Digital Media and Visualization
    Digital Media Content Creation
    Visualization and Animation Production

Websites

Books

Featured Title
 Featured Title - Applying Color Theory to Digital Media & Visualization - 1st Edition book cover

Articles

IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications

Exploring Visualization Theory


Published: May 01, 2011 by IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
Authors: Theresa-Marie Rhyne
Subjects: Computer Science & Engineering

The author discusses approaches to practical analysis of visualization or digital media using Adobe's Kuler tool and Color Scheme Designer.

News

UX Collective publishes Theresa-Marie Rhyne's writing on Can ChatGPT find the 2024 color of the year triad harmony?"

By: Theresa-Marie Rhyne
Subjects: Computer Science & Engineering

On April 1, 2024, UX Collectrive, an online independent design publication and blog built to help designers think more critically about their work, published Theresa-Marie Rhyne's latest story on "Can ChatGPT find the 2024 color of the year triad harmony?".  The article builds on Theresa-Marie's book,"Applying Color Theory to Digital Media and Visualization", published by CRC Press in November 2016". 

UX Collective publishes Theresa-Marie Rhyne's writing on ChatGPT and Pantone suggestions for contrasting color schemes

By: Theresa-Marie Rhyne
Subjects: Computer Science & Engineering

On March 1, 2024, UX Collectrive, an online independent design publication and blog built to help designers think more critically about their work, published Theresa-Marie Rhyne's latest story on "ChatGPT and Pantone suggestions for a contrastiing data color scheme".  The article builds on Theresa-Marie's book,"Applying Color Theory to Digital Media and Visualization", published by CRC Press in November 2016..". 

UX Collective publishes Theresa-Marie Rhyne's writing on Challenging ChatGPT with the 2024 Pantone color of the year

By: Theresa-Marie Rhyne
Subjects: Computer Science & Engineering

On February 1, 2024, UX Collectrive, an online independent design publication and blog built to help designers think more critically about their work, published Theresa-Marie Rhyne's latest story on "Challenging ChatGPT with the 2024 Pantone color of the year: Creating a sequential data color scheme with the 2024 Pantone color of the year.". The article builds on Theresa-Marie's book,"Applying Color Theory to Digital Media and Visualization", published by CRC Press in November 2016..". 

UX Collective publishes Theresa-Marie Rhyne's writing on "Using ChatGPT to build qualitative data color schemes".

By: Theresa-Marie Rhyne
Subjects: Computer Science & Engineering

On January 1, 2024, UX Collectrive, an online independent design publication and blog built to help designers think more critically about their work, published Theresa-Marie Rhyne's latest story on "Using ChatGPT to build qualitative data color schemes: Examining categorical data colorizing with text-based GenAI. ". The article builds on Theresa-Marie's book,"Applying Color Theory to Digital Media and Visualization", published by CRC Press in November 2016..". 

UX Collective publishes Theresa-Marie Rhyne's writing on Divergent color schemes using ChatGPT

By: Theresa-Marie Rhyne
Subjects: Computer Science & Engineering

On Novemberr 29  2023, UX Collectrive, an online independent design publication and blog built to help designers think more critically about their work, published Theresa-Marie Rhyne's latest story on "Divergent color schemes using ChatGPT: Exploring Color Divergence with Text-Based Generative AI. ". The article builds on Theresa-Marie's book,"Applying Color Theory to Digital Media and Visualization", published by CRC Press in November 2016..". 

UX Collective publishes Theresa-Marie Rhyne's writing on "Using ChatGPT to generate sequential color schemes".

By: Theresa-Marie Rhyne
Subjects: Computer Science & Engineering

On Novemberr 6  2023, UX Collectrive, an online independent design publication and blog built to help designers think more critically about their work, published Theresa-Marie Rhyne's latest story on "Using ChatGPT to generate sequential color schemes: Text-based generative AI color sequencing.. ". The article builds on Theresa-Marie's book,"Applying Color Theory to Digital Media and Visualization", published by CRC Press in November 2016..". 

UX Collective publishes Theresa-Marie Rhyne's writing on "Using Adobe Firefly for diverging color scheme suggestions"

By: Theresa-Marie Rhyne
Subjects: Computer Science & Engineering

On October 3,  2023, UX Collectrive, an online independent design publication and blog built to help designers think more critically about their work, published Theresa-Marie Rhyne's latest story on "Using Adobe Firefly for diverging color scheme suggestions: Creating color divergence with generative AI. ". The article builds on Theresa-Marie's book,"Applying Color Theory to Digital Media and Visualization", published by CRC Press in November 2016..". 

UX Collective publishes Theresa-Marie Rhyne's writing on "Using Adobe Firefly to generate sequential color schemes".

By: Theresa-Marie Rhyne
Subjects: Computer Science & Engineering

On August 31,  2023, UX Collectrive, an online independent design publication and blog built to help designers think more critically about their work, published Theresa-Marie Rhyne's latest story on "Using Adobe Firefly to generate sequential color schemes:Exploring generative AI color sequencing. ". The article builds on Theresa-Marie's book,"Applying Color Theory to Digital Media and Visualization", published by CRC Press in November 2016..". 

Nighingale features Theresa'Marie Rhyne's writing on "The Generative AI Blues".

By: Theresa-Marie Rhyne
Subjects: Computer Science & Engineering

On August 7, 2023, Nightingale, the online journal of the Data Visualization Society, published Theresa-Marie Rhyne's latest story on "The Generative AI Blues: Choosing Data Color Schemes with Adobe’s Firefly". The article builds on Theresa-Marie's book,"Applying Color Theory to Digital Media and Visualization", published  by CRC Press in November 2016.

UX Collective publishes Theresa-Marie Rhyne's writing on Getting Categorical with Pantone's 2023 Color of the Year

By: Theresa-Marie Rhyne
Subjects: Computer Science & Engineering

On July 1,, 2023, UX Collectrive, an online independent design publication and blog built to help designers think more critically about their work, published Theresa-Marie Rhyne's latest story on "Getting categorical with Pantone’s 2023 color of the year Converting Viva Magenta’s Triad Color Harmony into a Three Class Qualitative Color Scheme. ". The article builds on Theresa-Marie's book,"Applying Color Theory to Digital Media and Visualization", published by CRC Press in November 2016..". 

Videos

Summary of Applying Color Theory Book

Published: Sep 09, 2016

We summarize the various chapters in my book: Applying Color Theory to Digital Media and Visualization. Published by CRC Press.

SIGGRAPH University - "Applying Color Theory to Digital Media and Visualization"

Published: Jul 31, 2015

This course examines the foundations of color theory and how they apply to building effective digital media. It defines color harmony and demonstrates application of color harmony to case studies: ensemble scientific visualizations, historic and new infographics, correlation in biological data, rainbow color deficiency safe examples, and time series animations.