Data plots, as we talked about earlier, are the columns in a column chart, the lines in a line chart, the wedges in a pie chart and similar. These data plots come with a lot of customization options and you can use them to highlight individual data points as well.
Each of the columns pick a different color by default in the column chart, and the same behavior is exhibited by the bar and the pie chart as well. The line and the area chart are drawn in the same color throughout. However, you can specify the color you want for each of the data plots in any of these charts by using the color
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<set label='2009' value='1487500' color='FFFFDD'/>
You can use the data plot color to highlight a specific data point as well, say the highest revenue in a month, or the lowest, for that matter. It is one of the most commonly used data highlighting techniques wherein the data to be highlighted is given...