# What to Consider When Choosing Colors for Data Visualization

Canonical URL: https://colorcurio.us/library/datawrapper-choosing-colors
Source type: Library entry
Resource URL: https://www.datawrapper.de/blog/colors
Added: 2026-09-28

## Summary

Fifteen practical rules for chart color: when to use it, how many colors to use, and how to build gradients.

The best single entry point to Datawrapper’s long run of color posts; the blog’s color category has the rest.

- Resource: [What to Consider When Choosing Colors for Data Visualization](https://www.datawrapper.de/blog/colors)
- By: Lisa Charlotte Muth
- Published: 2018
- Kind: writing (article)
- Level: beginner
- Tags: data-viz, palettes, color-scales, accessibility, designer, tutorial, web

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