Data Colors
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The data color options allow you to add a wide range of color schemes to your visual. Powerviz gallery includes 6 color schemes and over 30 + palettes. You can choose from the palettes or create your own.
Changing these colors won’t affect any other visual or Power BI theme.
To get started,
Open the Data Colors option using the “⚙️” advanced settings panel.
Select a “color palette” from the dropdown.
Based on the scheme, pick the color and hit Apply.
Result: The new theme has been applied to the word cloud.
Data colors have seven color schemes:
Single
Power BI Theme
Gradient
Sequential
Diverging
Qualitative
Single scheme color all the words in the word cloud into a single color.
Use this scheme with conditional formatting, it will help you find the outliers.
The Power BI theme refers to the theme that is applicable to the entire PBIX report. You can use the same color scheme on the Word Cloud visual as well.
To know more about [Power BI themes] (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/create-reports/desktop-report-themes).
The gradient scheme colors each word based on its value. You can customize the palette by choosing a max color for the highest value and a min color for the lowest value.
The palette will be applied based on the value of each text string. It also offers a mid-color setting to define the gradient.
Sequential schemes go from the lightest to the darkest shade of the same color. The lightest color represents the lowest value, while the darkest color represents the highest value. In the Sequential scheme, we offer over 15 color palettes with colors like blue, yellow, and green.
By default, Show color blind safe palette is on, therefore in sequential, all the colors are color blind safe.
You also get an option of No. of classes, which refers to the number of distinct colors. By default, the no. of classes is 5 but you can change the number according to your requirement. When you increase the no. of classes, the no. of distinct colors increases, and when you decrease the number of distinct colors decreases.
Diverging color schemes refer to a mix of two or three shades of color that are very different from each other. It helps in dividing the data into categories using color. Some popular examples are traffic light colors (red-orange-green) and beach colors (blue-brown).
In a diverging scheme, we offer color-blind-safe palettes as well. Enable the checkbox Show color-blind safe palettes only in order to filter out the list.
You also get an option of No. of classes, which refers to the number of distinct colors. By default, the no. of classes is 5 but you can change the number according to your requirement. When you increase the no. of classes, the no. of distinct colors increases, and when you decrease the number of distinct colors decreases.
Unlike Diverging and Sequential, the qualitative schemes have different colors and hues to highlight multiple sections. It is a mix of different color contrasts. You can generally see qualitative palettes being used in painting.
Enable the checkbox Show colorblind-safe palettes only to filter out the palettes.
You also get an option of No. of classes, which refers to the number of distinct colors. By default, the no. of classes is 5 but you can change the number according to your requirement. When you increase the no. of classes, the no. of distinct colors increases, and when you decrease the number of distinct colors decreases.
Note: Use up to five unique categories per level to keep them color-blind-safe. More colors will reduce their chance of being accessible.
Apart from the scheme mentioned above, data colors offer two more additional features:
Add-on feature | Action | Example/ Images |
Reverse Colors | Reverse the order of the color palette. Interchange the max and min colors. | |
Make Gradient | Apply the gradient based on the value on the text string. |
