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- Excel Charts Tutorial
- Excel Charts - Home
- Excel Charts - Introduction
- Excel Charts - Creating Charts
- Excel Charts - Types
- Excel Charts - Column Chart
- Excel Charts - Line Chart
- Excel Charts - Pie Chart
- Excel Charts - Doughnut Chart
- Excel Charts - Bar Chart
- Excel Charts - Area Chart
- Excel Charts - Scatter (X Y) Chart
- Excel Charts - Bubble Chart
- Excel Charts - Stock Chart
- Excel Charts - Surface Chart
- Excel Charts - Radar Chart
- Excel Charts - Combo Chart
- Excel Charts - Chart Elements
- Excel Charts - Chart Styles
- Excel Charts - Chart Filters
- Excel Charts - Fine Tuning
- Excel Charts - Design Tools
- Excel Charts - Quick Formatting
- Excel Charts - Aesthetic Data Labels
- Excel Charts - Format Tools
- Excel Charts - Sparklines
- Excel Charts - PivotCharts
- Excel Charts Useful Resources
- Excel Charts - Quick Guide
- Excel Charts - Useful Resources
- Excel Charts - Discussion
Excel Charts - Chart Styles
You can use Chart Styles to customize the look of the chart. You can set a style and color scheme for your chart with the help of this tool.
Follow the steps given below to add style and color to your chart.
Step 1 − Click on the chart. Three buttons appear at the upper-right corner of the chart.
Step 2 − Click the Chart Styles icon. STYLE and COLOR will be displayed.
Style
You can use STYLE to fine tune the look and style of your chart.
Step 1 − Click STYLE. Different style options will be displayed.
![Style](/excel_charts/images/style.jpg)
Step 2 − Scroll down the options. Point to any of the options to see the preview of your chart with the currently selected style.
![Preview of Style](/excel_charts/images/preview_of_style.jpg)
Step 3 − Choose the style option you want. The chart will be displayed with the selected style.
![Chart with Selected Style](/excel_charts/images/chart_with_selected_style.jpg)
Color
You can use the COLOR options to select the color scheme for your chart.
Step 1 − Click COLOR. Different color scheme will be displayed.
![Color](/excel_charts/images/color.jpg)
Step 2 − Scroll down the options. Point on any of the options to see the preview of your chart with the currently selected color scheme.
![Preview of Color](/excel_charts/images/preview_of_color.jpg)
Step 3 − Choose the color option you want. The chart will be displayed with the selected color.
![Chart with Selected Color](/excel_charts/images/chart_with_selected_color.jpg)
You can change the color schemes through the Page Layout tab also.
Step 1 − On the Page Layout tab, in the Themes group, click the Colors button on the Ribbon.
Step 2 − Select any color scheme of your choice from the list.
![Page Layout](/excel_charts/images/page_layout.jpg)
You can also customize the colors and have your own color scheme.
Step 1 − Click the option Customize Colors…
![Customize Colors](/excel_charts/images/customize_colors.jpg)
A new window Create New Theme Colors appears. Let us take an example.
Step 2 − Click the drop-down arrow to see more options.
![Create New Theme](/excel_charts/images/creating_new_theme.jpg)
A small window - Theme Colors appear.
Step 3 − Click Orange Accent 2 as shown in the following screen shot.
![Orange Accent 2](/excel_charts/images/orange_accent_2.jpg)
Step 4 − Give a name to your color scheme. Click Save.
![Name to Color Scheme](/excel_charts/images/name_to_color_scheme.jpg)
Your customized theme appears under Custom in the Colors menu, on the Page Layout tab on the ribbon.
![Customized Theme](/excel_charts/images/customized_theme.jpg)
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