Use Color Scale
This list displays the following groups of options for coloring of data:
Sequential – These color scales range through one hue, through varying degrees of lightness. They are ideal to use with numerical values where it is necessary to visualize their distribution. The ranges will go from light, for low values, to dark, for high values. The following colors are available for sequential scales:
Blue
Grey
Green
Orange
Red
Categorical – These color scales feature many different hues which is helpful to identify different discrete values. Use this color scales with fields that represent categories. The best practice is to avoid coloring on fields with more than a dozen unique values. As it become harder to distinguish color variations. The following scales are offered under the categorical group:
Categorical – The colors do not show changes in the value of the category as the other schemes do, so it is best used to represent categorical data where magnitude comparisons are not important.
Equalized – Shows distinct variations within each color used in the scale. This scale allows you to see a greater degree of differentiation between the values that are represented within each color group.
Spectrum – Shows a range of pastel colors, the colors are pastel hues from blue through green, yellow, and pink (high). The colors in the Spectrum scale are more subdued than in the Spectrum Bright scale.
Spectrum Bright – cover the colors in the light spectrum with a saturated and bright look: red, orange, yellow, green, and blue.
Thermal – Mimics the range of colors in heated iron, from low/cool colors (black) through red and yellow to high/white-hot (white). This scale supports magnitude comparison better than the Rainbow color scale and provides better discrimination between shades than a Gray scale because of the Gray scale’s limited range of colors.
Divergent – These scales have stark different hues at the end of the scales, and a gradient between the two in the middle. These are recommended when you have positive and negative values, want to display a key performance indicator or the data is representing opposing outcomes. The following gradients are available for divergent scales:
Green/Red – Uses the green light/red light metaphor. Green can be used to represent items that do not need your immediate attention. Red, in this case, would indicate items that require immediate attention.
Other
Uncolored – Displays a data in a single default color.
Custom
Personalized color scales and bins created by authors will appear here.
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