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Version: 9.4

Manage Colors and Themes in Charts

The default visualization colors and font styles are defined by a theme that applies to the entire application. You can apply custom colors to individual charts and panels.

Manage Chart Colors​

Colors

Certain charts (for example, Bar and Line) use a single color by default, focusing attention on data values rather than categories. You can change the default single color (Main color) for the current chart from the Chart Builder toolbar or the Styles configuration panel.

To use different colors to distinguish categories, select Color Type > By Category from the Color type dropdown in the Styles panel. To assign colors to fixed categories, select Match colors across charts. For more information, see Assign Fixed Color to a Category.

Certain charts, such as Pie or Funnel charts, always use a color sequence, similar to single-color charts set By Category.

Assign a Fixed Color to a Category​

When colors carry specific meaning in your data, you can assign fixed colors to categories instead of using the defaults. For example, in an ice cream sales chart, you could assign pink to strawberry, brown to chocolate, and cream to vanilla.

  1. From the Styles section of the Configuration Panel, select Match colors across charts to display the Color by Value palette icon in the Theme section.
  2. Select the icon to display the assigned colors for each category.
  3. Select a category, then use the color picker to modify its color as needed.
  4. Select Apply to save your changes.

These selections persist across all charts created based on the same dataset.

Change the Theme for a Chart​

In the dashboard, you can apply a different theme to a chart after it has been saved. Themes manage additional visualization elements.

  1. Select the Theme Gallery icon from the toolbar of the dashboard. The Theme Gallery modal opens, displaying the current theme (checked) among the list of available themes.
  2. Select a different theme from the gallery.

The chart updates to reflect the changes.

Note: You can edit themes by opening the Theme Gallery from a dataset’s Analyze view or from a legacy dashboard. When the Theme Gallery is opened from the dashboard, themes are view-only.