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Next challenge: trying to figure out which country goes with which color on your pie chart. Use this to screen for the designer you need.
by edw519 16y ago
Next challenge: trying to figure out which country goes with which color on your pie chart. Use this to screen for the designer you need.
- ThomPete 16y agoThe main problem is that the spread of tints is too small. If you exclude black and white (and gray scale) you will normally have around 8-10 colors to work with if you don't want your wheel to look too Schizophrenic. You can choose between: Dark Blue Light Blue Dark Red Light Red Dark Yellow Light Yellow Dark Green Light Green Orange Violet Beige Brown Pink You could also use textures (just like in the old IBM matrix printers did) to represent the variations. I would though normally stay away from more then 5-6 color variations in a pie chart. EDIT: Although I guess I have fallen prey to the temptation of having colors too close to each other. (see page 11 in this pdf http://000fff.org/uploads/LMG_Visual_Final.pdf http://000fff.org/uploads/LMG_Visual_Final.pdf ) In defense I would say that you could roll over the individual bars to see the name.
- chc 16y agoThey're listed in clockwise order.
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- 3pt14159 16y agoI don't understand why people use pie charts. They are confusing, misleading, and don't fit nicely into square divs.
- borism 16y agobecause that's what's often offered as default by chart drawing software? people with money love it ("the pie is getting larger!!!"), so it must be default.
- rimantas 16y agoHow is this misleading? Tilted 3d charts may be, but this is not the case there. Pie chart is a good way to show ratio of few parts.
- jamesbkel 16y agoAgreed, a horizontal bar chart would be far more clear in this case.
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- joshu 16y agoAnd then hire the one that says not to use a fucking piechart.