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nschoepper
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Create colour palette

Hi there,

 

is it already possible to create a colour palette, e.g. from which the pie chart can take their colours? I would like to use exclusively our brand colours.

 

Thanks!

Nadine

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Morgan_Williams
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Hi @nschoepper,

 

This should now be possible using the 'Customize Current Theme' option.

 

To do so, go to the ribbon and select 'View', then select the themes dropdown and select 'Customize Current Theme'. You'll then be able to choose the 8 default colors that make up your themes palette. These are the colors that visuals will automatically load into your pie chart for example, in order from color 1-8.

 

A few resources that might help when creating your theme:

 

- Complete guide to Power BI themes

Color palette builder

Trending color palettes

Color picker

 

Hope that helps!

 

Morgan

Mike_Carlo
Most Valuable Professional
Most Valuable Professional

Check out this tutorial and the subsequent tool for creating color themes for Power BI.

 

The Tutorial:

http://powerbi.tips/2017/03/color-themes-import/

 

The Color Theme Generator Tool

http://powerbi.tips/color-theme-generator/

Mike Carlo ( https://powerbi.tips )
mike@PowerBI.Tips
v-qiuyu-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @nschoepper,

 

In addition to @waltheed's suggestion, in a pie chart visual, we can define each slicer's color with custom color, see:

 

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Hopes this is what you are looking for.

 

Best Regards,
Qiuyun Yu

 

 

Community Support Team _ Qiuyun Yu
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Have you tried using a custom color wheel from one of the many free internet sites? If you use a site like http://html-color-codes.info/ . You can find the colors you want, identify the color code and copy it into Power BI. It may take some time to build your own template, but you can put this in a file and save it for reuse.

 

When you select a color in Power BI, just select custom color and paste the color number into Power BI.

Hi erikajclemens,

 

thank you for your reply!

 

I already used this opportunity, but it's not a satisfying solution for me, because I have some pie charts with values between 1 and 6000. PowerBI wants me to assign each value one of my colours and that would take too much time. It would be nice to have a solution, where you can upload a colour palette and all charts use exclusively these colours.

 

Thanks,

Nadine

 

 

I understand your challenge now. 🙂 One option you might consider is using a different chart type. Pie charts with a lot of slices are sometimes difficult for users to gain insights. You could use a bar chart and the option to show the percentage of grand total on the tool tip. I know that doesn't take care of your color palette issue, just noting that when I have challenges with a dashboard I will troubleshoot by evaluating the way the data has been organized within the data model first and then by looking at my visualization options.

waltheed
Impactful Individual
Impactful Individual

Hi Nadine,

 

How you can do it now is to set the colors manually, in the Data Colors section of the Format pane.

 

Defining a pallette is not yet possible. But the Power BI team says it is planned...

https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/9981042-allow-the-creation-of-a-t...

Vote for it to give it more priority!

 

But even then you will have to indicate which color to use for which part of your pie.

Cheers, Edgar Walther
ITsmart BI and Analytics consultant

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