Comments on: What’s the best way to choose graph colors? http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2008/03/22/whats-the-best-way-to-choose-graph-colors/ Stay curious! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:56:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Xaprb http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2008/03/22/whats-the-best-way-to-choose-graph-colors/#comment-18672 Xaprb Sat, 18 Sep 2010 13:58:18 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2008/03/22/whats-the-best-way-to-choose-graph-colors/#comment-18672 I go to colourlovers.com, choose a palette that I like, and use the colors from it. Try http://www.colourlovers.com/palettes/most-loved/all-time/meta I go to colourlovers.com, choose a palette that I like, and use the colors from it. Try http://www.colourlovers.com/palettes/most-loved/all-time/meta

]]> By: Shlomi Noach http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2008/03/22/whats-the-best-way-to-choose-graph-colors/#comment-18671 Shlomi Noach Sat, 18 Sep 2010 13:28:20 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2008/03/22/whats-the-best-way-to-choose-graph-colors/#comment-18671 Sorry for flooding this thread, but the following site makes wonders: <a href="http://colorschemedesigner.com/" rel="nofollow">http://colorschemedesigner.com/</a> Sorry for flooding this thread, but the following site makes wonders: http://colorschemedesigner.com/

]]> By: Shlomi Noach http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2008/03/22/whats-the-best-way-to-choose-graph-colors/#comment-18670 Shlomi Noach Sat, 18 Sep 2010 13:19:27 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2008/03/22/whats-the-best-way-to-choose-graph-colors/#comment-18670 (That is, I followed colourlovers and did not find schemes for charts - did you just use palettes?) (That is, I followed colourlovers and did not find schemes for charts – did you just use palettes?)

]]> By: Shlomi Noach http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2008/03/22/whats-the-best-way-to-choose-graph-colors/#comment-18669 Shlomi Noach Sat, 18 Sep 2010 13:18:02 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2008/03/22/whats-the-best-way-to-choose-graph-colors/#comment-18669 Baron, What was your final method of coloring your Cacti=templates charts? I'm now encountering the same question for mycheckpoint. Baron,
What was your final method of coloring your Cacti=templates charts? I’m now encountering the same question for mycheckpoint.

]]> By: Kristian http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2008/03/22/whats-the-best-way-to-choose-graph-colors/#comment-14885 Kristian Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:31:04 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2008/03/22/whats-the-best-way-to-choose-graph-colors/#comment-14885 Great! Colours can be difficult indeed, been working with them for half my life and they can still cause trouble! Designers end up ripping palettes of others too, sometimes... For further investigation: some good examples here (check page 7 for graphs), and principles explained: http://www.stonesc.com/pubs/Expert Color Choices.pdf Another tool (put in a color with low saturation and start from there): http://www.colorschemer.com/online.html?r=51&g=102&b=255&hex=666660 Great! Colours can be difficult indeed, been working with them for half my life and they can still cause trouble! Designers end up ripping palettes of others too, sometimes…

For further investigation: some good examples here (check page 7 for graphs), and principles explained:
http://www.stonesc.com/pubs/Expert Color Choices.pdf

Another tool (put in a color with low saturation and start from there):
http://www.colorschemer.com/online.html?r=51&g=102&b=255&hex=666660

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