Colors and styles
Choose the colors of a chart's series so the one that matters stands out and the rest stay quiet.
In this lesson
- Use one strong color for the series to notice and a gray for the rest.
- Give the same thing the same color in every chart you make.
- Pick colors that differ in lightness, a dark one next to a light one.
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Delete repeated rows from a merged list, and choose which columns decide what counts as a duplicate.
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Where it sits in Charts
- Pick the right chart10 min
- Pie and donut charts (and when not to)9 min
- Titles, labels and legends9 min
- Colors and stylesThis lesson9 min
- Charts that update automatically10 min
- Combo chart: columns plus a line9 min
The steps
11 steps: 3 explanations, 6 Do this, 2 questions, then Your turn.
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Delete repeated rows from a merged list, and choose which columns decide what counts as a duplicate.
Confident · 9 min · Free, with no sign-up
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Send yourself the link and open it on a laptop or desktop.
On your computer, go tolearnford.com/go/2R5R