Customize Chart Colors with the Bold Reports® Color Palette

In the Bold Reports® Web Report Designer, you customize the chart series color with the color palette property. You can change the color palette for a chart series by choosing from a predefined set of color palettes or defining a custom palette. The Color Palette property is listed under the Chart Area category in the chart properties panel.

Color Palette property

How do I use a built-in color palette?

The Bold Reports® Web Report Designer lets you switch between the predefined color palette options available in the Color Palette dropdown.

Built in Color Palettes

Define custom color palette

You define a custom color palette for a Bold Reports® chart in the Custom Colors panel. To define custom colors, follow these steps:

  1. Select the Custom option from the Color Palette dropdown.

    Custom color palette option

  2. Find the Custom Colors field, which now displays under the color palette dropdown.

    Custom color palette field

  3. Click the edit icon on the right side of the Custom Colors property.

    Edit icon

  4. The Custom Colors panel opens.

    Custom colors panel

  5. Click the ADD icon in the top-right corner. A new Color field is added to the panel.

    Add icon

  6. Set the desired color in the color field.

    Choose color

  7. Click Update.

Repeat these steps to define multiple color sets or edit existing color sets. In the following example, three colors are added in the custom colors panel. The chart applies them based on the number of series.

Multiple colors

How do I set colors with expressions?

You can set a custom chart color based on dynamic values by using Expressions. Click the square icon on the right side of each field to open the expression menu.

Expression menu

Note: To set and reset expressions for custom colors, see the Set Expressions and Reset Expressions sections.

How do I delete a color set?

You delete a custom color set from the Chart Custom Colors panel. Follow these steps:

  1. Click the edit icon for the Custom Colors property. The Chart Custom Colors panel lists the available color sets.
  2. Click the Delete icon in the right corner of the required color set.
  3. Click Update.

Delete binding expression

Frequently asked questions

Where is the Color Palette property?

The Color Palette property is listed under the Chart Area category in the chart properties panel of the Bold Reports® Web Report Designer.

How are custom colors applied to a chart?

The chart applies the colors in the custom colors panel based on the number of series.

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