Select the appropriate color palette for your visualization from the list of all color palettes available. The expanded list helps you view all color palettes at a time (by scrolling) so that you can easily compare them and make the right choice. You can also search for a specific palette by entering its name in the Search field.

In addition, you can narrow the list and view the palettes of a particular category. To do this:

1. Click manage palettes.

   The Palettes pane appears.

2. Select a category from the corresponding dropdown list. For more details on color palettes, see Color palettes.

   

3. (Optional) Search for a specific color palette by entering its name in the Search color palettes field.

4. (Optional) Close the Palettes pane.

To create a new color palette, follow these steps:

1. Click manage palettes.

   The Palettes pane appears.

2. Click New in the upper-right corner of the Palettes pane.

   In the lower part of the pane, the area for adding a new palette appears.

   

3. In the Name text field, enter a name for the new palette.
4. From the dropdown list, select a category for the new palette.
5. Click to select a color from the color picker. For details, see Color picker.
   The added color is displayed in the corresponding square.

6. Add as many colors as required by clicking . The requirements are as follows:

   • Divergent palettes – Select three colors.
   • Qualitative palettes – Select as many colors as you want.
   • Sequential palettes – Select two colors (the first color and the last color displayed in the sequence).

   You can change the order of the colors by dragging the corresponding squares.

   

   To remove a color, point to the corresponding square, and then click .

7. Click Save.
8. (Optional) Close the Palettes pane.

For custom palettes, you have the following options:

• Share a palette – Click Share palette to open the Share palette dialog. In this dialog, you can select the users and groups with whom you want to share the palette.
• Edit a palette – Click Edit palette to modify the title, category, and colors of the palette.
• Duplicate a palette – Click Duplicate palette to make a copy and modify it as needed.

• Remove a palette – Click Remove palette to delete the palette from the list.

For the system palettes, you can only duplicate a palette, and then manage its copy as needed to create a custom palette.