Authors are strongly encouraged to prepare their color figures so that the use of color effectively conveys the point of the figure, while ensuring that color-blind readers will be able to distinguish the various colors used and fully comprehend the figure. The following resources can assist authors in accomplishing this goal:
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“Somewhere over the rainbow: How to make effective use of colors in meteorological visualizations.” A BAMS article by Stauffer et al. (2015; doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-13-00155.1).
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“Tips for designing scientific figures for color blind readers.” An online post by Luk Cox of Somersault18:24.
Print-quality original figure files must be uploaded in one of the accepted formats for Journals or BAMS. Individual figure files should contain only a single figure, and multiple-panel figures meant to appear on a single page should be combined into a single file whenever possible. Figures should not be embedded in the body of the manuscript.