You can change colors in the entire dashboard or story, in a visualization, or in widgets
that you added to a dashboard or story.
- For the dashboard or story, you can change the visual theme, the color palette, and the
background color.
- For visualizations, you can change the color palette, the color used in the elements (such as
bars, bubbles, or lines), the fill color, and the border color. You can also make the visualizations
more transparent or opaque.
- For shape and text widgets, you can make the widget more transparent or opaque, change the fill
color, and change the border color.
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Click the Properties icon.
If you don't see the Properties icon, Click the Switch to
edit icon.
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For the entire dashboard or story, ensure that nothing else has focus by clicking the
background, away from any visualization or object and complete one or more of the following actions
in the General tab:
| What to change |
Actions |
| The theme of the entire dashboard or story |
Click Color and theme, and under Visual theme
select a different theme. |
| The background color of the entire dashboard or story |
Click Color and theme, and under Background
color select a new color. Optionally, click Select custom color
and use the color picker to create your own background color. |
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For visualizations, click the visualization that you want to work with and complete one or more
of the following actions:
| What to change |
Actions |
| The color palette used in a visualization |
In the Visualization tab, click Color >
Change color palette and select a new palette. Optionally, click
Change heat palette to change the heat scale order. For more information on
color palettes, see Creating a color palette. |
| The color of the elements of a visualization (such as bars, bubbles, or lines) if the
visualization does not use the Color data slot |
In the Visualizations tab, click Color >
click Element color and select a new color. |
| How transparent or opaque a visualization is |
In the General tab, move the Opacity
slider. |
| The fill color for a visualization |
In the General tab, click Fill color and
select a new color. Optionally, click Select custom color to create your own
color with the Color picker. |
| The border color for a visualization |
In the General tab, click Border color and
select a new color. Optionally, click Select custom color to create your own
color with the Color picker. |
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For shape and text widgets that you added to the dashboard or story, select the widget that you
want to work with and complete one or more of the following actions in the
General
> Appearance tab:
| What to change |
Actions |
| How transparent or opaque a shape or text is |
Move the Opacity slider. |
| The fill color for a shape or text |
Click Fill color and select a new color. Optionally, click
Select custom color to create your own color with the Color
picker. |
| The border color for a shape or text |
Click Border color and select a new color. Optionally, click
Select custom color to create your own color with the Color
picker. |
