Usage of Colors — Line Charts

Part 6c of Storytelling with Tableau by Dr. Alvin Ang

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• Above is a good line chart.
• Proper use of colour: Purple highlights the peak year (2017–2018) and corresponds to the 34.6M.
• The rest are unimportant; thus they are coloured brown altogether.
• The line drawn at 36 weeks show that pandemic all ends there.

CHOOSE PROPER CONTRAST IF COMPARING LINES

• Above is a good line chart.
• The highlighted blue line overpowers the grey line suggesting people to buy rather than rent.
• The word “Buying a Condo” is highlighted…