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RIGHT COLORS FOR YOUR DATA

SEQUENTIAL DIVERGING QUALITATIVE

Sequential color schemes are those Diverging color schemes allow you to Qualitative color schemes are used to
schemes that are used to organize highlight the middle range/extremes of highlight qualitative categories. With
quantitative data from high to low quantitative data by using two qualitative data, you typically want to
using a gradient effect. contrasting hues on the extremes and create a lot of contrast, which means
a lighter tinted mixture to highlight the using different hues to represent each
middle range. of your data points.
COLOR HARMONIES
MONOCHROMATIC COMPLEMENTARY SPLIT COMPLEMENTARY

A monochromatic scheme takes the base Complementary color schemes use colors at A variation of the complementary scheme
hue, then repeats it in various shades, opposite sides of the color wheel. that uses two colors on either side of a
tints, and tones. directly complementary color.
COLOR HARMONIES
ANALOGOUS TRIADIC TETRADIC

Analogous color schemes use colors that A triadic color scheme uses colors that are The tetradic color scheme (also known as
are next to each other on the color wheel. evenly spaced around the color wheel. a rectangle color scheme) uses four colors
arranged into two complementary pairs.

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