Applying Color, Font, Shapes, and Styling
Color, font, shapes, and styling can transform a plain report into a visually appealing dashboard that tells a story about the data presented. This section will delve into each part to explain how they impact a visual and how to apply them to dashboards.
Color
Color can be used to add interest to a report and highlight key indicators to draw a user’s eye to the story being told. Colors can be applied in two ways – with categorical and quantitative palettes.
Categorical palettes apply to discrete (typically multi-dimensional) fields in data. This will assign distinct colors to fields that have no particular order, and they can be used throughout the report. The colors can be changed on the Marks card drop-down menu or the legend drop-down menu.
Users can then select the field and choose the color they want to assign to that field.
Figure 7.1: An example of a categorical palette
Quantitative...