Customizing colors doesn't work

[gabbi-8]

Hi All,

I have an issue regarding customizing colors of the visuals in Power BI, I created my charts but everytime I change the color of the visuals, it does not work. 

it does not work. I followed the documentation here:
Tips and tricks for formatting in reports - Power BI | Microsoft Learn
I have 4 visuals, and when selecting another theme, only 2 of them gets to change and the others remain and even when selecting a new theme and changing the colors under "Visual" tab still does not work.
I am using Power BI Desktop (May 2024) Version: 2.129.1127.0 64-bit

[cath1ynn]

That's strange. Can you provide a sample PBIX file of what you're working on (excluding any sensitive data)? Also, please make sure you are using the latest version of Power BI Desktop.

[gabbi-8]

It is strange. But I cannot send this file because everything in this is sensitive data. 😕
I am using the Power BI Desktop Version: 2.129.1127.0 64-bit (May 2024) 

it is the available version of power BI in our on prem server

it is even stranger when I made a new PBIX file with this data and visual and still i cannot change the colors

[cath1ynn]

That is definitely very strange. I'm using the June 2024 version and it's working fine for me. Obviously the format menu looks a bit different for me and you given the different versions, but fundamentally the functionalities are the same.

Change colour for all columns

Change colour for specific column

Change theme

[gabbi-8]

still doesn't work ☹️

[gabbi-8]

I'll try this. But the default theme is Accessible Default right?

[cath1ynn · Accepted solution]

Try this sample PBIX file. If it works in here, then I don't know what you've done in your file! If it still doesn't work in this sample PBIX file then it might be able issue with your Power BI Desktop version.

[gabbi-8]

Hello cath, I have found the reason as to why the color does not change. It was because of the field that I added on the Legend section. 😂 But thank you really for helping me with this. I was able to learn because of this. 

[cath1ynn]

Next time you have a similar problem and need to get assistance, maybe try to see if you can include in the screenshot the Build pane as well 🙂 Another Power BI power user would have been able to spot the issue straightaway in that case 😄