Setting Colors in Visuals

You can customize color settings in most types of charts, including bar charts, gauge charts, pie charts, line charts, box plots, or scatter plots. You can change the chart color used by all elements in the chart or change the color of individual elements. The color set for an individual element overrides the chart color.
Colors that are defined at the visual level take precedence over field-based colors set using the Options menu from the Data panel. When you set a color for a value on the visual, that color overrides the field-based color configuration for that individual visual.
To set colors in a visual:
  1. Click Dashboards tab, the Dashboards tab.
  2. Click Dashboard Designer, in the bottom-left corner.
  3. On the Analyses dialog, click Options button, the Options button, next to an analysis and select Edit.
  4. On the analysis page, select a visual.
  5. Click an element from the visual, such as a bar, a data point, a line, or a section, and then select a color option from the menu:
    • To set the color for all the elements in the chart, select Chart Color and choose the color that you want to use.
    • To set the color only for the selected element, select Color and choose the color that you want to use.
    To reset the color settings for the chart or the chart elements, click Reset to default in the color selection panel.
If the visual has a legend, you can also click the values listed in the legend to configure color settings.
Parent topic: Formatting Visuals