Color Theory for Dashboards

Summary

Using color with intent — a single accent color to highlight the key insight, sequential palettes for ordered data, and colorblind-safe palettes so charts remain readable for everyone.

• 1Rebuild a chart using one accent color instead of a rainbow of colors.
• 2Check a chart's palette against a colorblind simulator.
• 3Learn the difference between sequential, diverging and categorical color palettes.