(v24) Change Color Schemes

Change Color Schemes

This applies to: Visual Data Discovery

Color schemes provide ways to identify and highlight metrics and attributes on a visual using color. Color schemes are specified for visuals in different ways, based on the visual type.

• The colors on standard bar charts, heat maps, KPI charts, U.S. region maps, world country maps, packed bubble charts, tree maps, and word cloud charts are based on the color metric selected for the visual. Colors can be changed using the Color sidebar.
• The color of multiple metric bar and multiple-metric line charts are based on the y-axis metric you have selected. Colors can be changed using the Color sidebar.
• Visual colors are not available for map marker charts, pivot tables, and tables of raw data.
• For all other visuals (box plots, donut charts, floating bubble charts, line-trend attribute charts, pie charts, and scatter plot charts), the visual colors are based on an x-axis Group field you have selected. Colors can be changed using the Color sidebar.

Color palettes for your Symphony environment are defined using themes. In addition, the default color palette used for visuals and for specific visual styles is defined using themes. See Manage UI Themes.

Access the Color sidebar for a visual

1. Select the visual in the Visual Gallery or on a dashboard.

2. Select Settings on the visual drop-down menu to access the sidebar menu for the visual. Then select on the sidebar menu.

   The Color sidebar for the selected visual opens.

3. Make changes as needed. For details about the color options, refer to the description of the specific visual style used by the visual.

4. If you want to use the palette specified by the theme defined for the environment, select the Inherit from theme checkbox. The colors specified in the theme activated for the Symphony environment and for this visual style will be used and will override other palette settings you might have specified on the Color sidebar. For more information about themes, see Manage UI Themes.

The ability to control colors on a visual is provided using the interactivity sidebar. See Control How Users Interact With a Visual.