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kerver2 t1_j490hd2 wrote

I like that you both show the amount of bands and the 'concentration' of bands per country. Like the other comments said, the chart doesn't read intuitively and it seems like something is off...I'm just not sure how to improve it (not really helping, I know). I like the red and black background, but the data colors (blue and orange) don't really work well with the background in my opinion. Matching the label colors of the y-axis to the data label is a neat trick to quickly see what goes with what. I will use that too from now on!

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UsandoFXOS OP t1_j491j0z wrote

Hehehe, the next graph i will try to apply something like a "dark solarized palette" 😁 i'm in love of this palette.

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kerver2 t1_j493zmv wrote

After further consideration I think it's the background that makes picking a good color for your data bars/lines. The y-axis data labels are in the black part, and the data is in the red part. So you need 2 colors that contrast on both black and red...now that's a challenge. Maybe if you pull back the vignette so there is more red, you can choose collors that contrast well to red. Making the red a bit less bright would also make it easier for your data colors to pop. You can use an online tools to help you pick colors (color contrast checker, lookup color themes for websites etc.).

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UsandoFXOS OP t1_j4hg82k wrote

I completely agree. The color gradient so contrasted (red-black) is the problem and the challenge. Yeah.

I take note. In the future: the gradients must be quite less contrast. In only was thinking in "dark and blood", hahaha, and for this reason i used this "nice" gradient. But you're right that it put it quite more difficult to choose the plot colors!

Thanks! 😊

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UsandoFXOS OP t1_j491a4g wrote

Thanks man. You know it: every little detail in a graphic like this has taken several minutes (sometimes quite minutes) to decide the best choice 😅 but always someone else saying the graph shows up to make you see you could have done better.

About your comments, i certainly tested different colors for the blue bars and the orange line. I also don't like very much my final result in this sense. But it was my best result after 10 minutes of make a dozen tries 😔

Anyway, this is a great community to share and get excellent feedback. Sure. Thanks!

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kerver2 t1_j4931za wrote

This community has given me great inspiration to create better looking graphs. It takes some time to consider things like color, but it makes the graphs som much more appealing.

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Picksologic t1_j4aq1bd wrote

I would like to see the graph as two colored columns next to each other. It would make it easier to understand. I would also add a legend to make it even clearer. I am just starting to learn how to use Excel graphing function so I can't demonstrate it.

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