The warming stripes are not just a chart (picture from Wikipedia).
It is a statement (picture from Wikipedia).
It is a fashion statement (picture from the creator of warming stripes, Ed Hawkins', Twitter @ed_hawkins).
It is an art (picture from Wikipedia).
The following paragraph from https://showyourstripes.info/ explains what the warming stripes are all about:
"These ‘warming stripe’ graphics are visual representations of the change in temperature as measured in each country over the past 100+ years. Each stripe represents the temperature in that country averaged over a year. For most countries, the stripes start in the year 1901 and finish in 2020. For the ocean basins and for several countries with longer datasets available the stripes start in the 19th century instead. For two cities (Stockholm and Vienna), the data starts in the 18th century."
Although the warming stripes are created to demonstrate the spike in our average temperature and to call for action against and raise awareness for climate change, I believe the concept of the chart can be used elsewhere to similarly visualise data using a colour scale. The first time I have seen it used differently is for a #MakeoverMonday submission for America's growing debt here, so it is possible.
I have done it for the following vizzes:
Lack of Women Representation among Fortune 500 CEOs using white and pink from left to right.
Saving the Tiger Population around the World using black and white from left to right covering the symmetrical face of the tiger to give the idea that the tiger is fading.
Celebrating Marathon Wheelchair Winners using white and gold from the outside into the centre to show speed.
