This section will show you how to change the Tableau Bar Chart colors with an example. In general, all the rectangle bars will be displayed in blue color. However, we can use the color shelf to change the color to red, green, etc.
How to Change Tableau Bar Chart Colors?
Drag and drop the Country column field from the Dimension region to the Color shelf to produce a unique color for Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Please refer to the Bar Chart and Charts article to understand the Tableau report below.
You don’t have to stick with these default bar colors because Tableau allows you to change the individual colors and the whole palette of a chart. To access them, please click the Color shelf and hit the Edit Colors button to change the palette. Use this window to select the Color Palette, or click the individual item and change its colors. Here, we have chosen the Lightning Watermelon.
Now, you can see the bar chart with different colors of the Lightning Watermelon theme.
The above approach displays colors based on the dimension field. Sometimes, you might need a measured value to compare which rectangle bar performs well—for instance, color thickness by Profit or the number of orders. Let me replace the Country Dimension on the Color shelf with Profit Measure to demonstrate the same. Next, click the Edit colors and select the palette. Here, we used the Red-Gree-Gold Diverging.
Now you can see the bar chart with colors depending on Profit Measure.
Since there are few rectangle bars, we can’t see more colors. So, we created a sales Tableau bar chart against the customer’s last name to demonstrate the color change. Next, add the Profit to both the Color and Label shelves.
Look at the below bar chart. We can quickly identify which customer generates the most Profit (valued customer).
