# XY chart individual column color change

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-individual-column-color-change/105992>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [May 7, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-individual-column-color-change/105992 "2025-05-07T15:45:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alejandro\_Alaco](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/alejandro_alaco/32/59849_2.png) [@Alejandro\_Alaco](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Alejandro_Alaco)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-individual-column-color-change/105992/1 "2025-05-07T15:45:13Z")

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Hello,

Is it possible to change the **color** of the individual columns from same dataset on my XY chart control in Perspective ?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/a/8/a88f5542729803c5477c356e78bc4dda513b7c6f.png)

Cheers!  
Alejandro

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**Author:** ![danieltalbot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/danieltalbot/32/11201_2.png) [@danieltalbot](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/danieltalbot)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-individual-column-color-change/105992/2 "2025-05-07T15:51:04Z")

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I believe the color is defined in the series object, so you would need to create multiple series to define the colors you want for individual columns.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/e/a/eab149a79370fb2f454d0a6c36dafa3f1ab64ebe.png)

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**Author:** ![Alejandro\_Alaco](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/alejandro_alaco/32/59849_2.png) [@Alejandro\_Alaco](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Alejandro_Alaco)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-individual-column-color-change/105992/3 "2025-05-07T15:53:15Z")

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Thanks Daniel Talbot, yes I guess this is the most straightforward solution.

Cheers.

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**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-individual-column-color-change/105992/4 "2025-05-07T15:58:51Z")

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> [@Alejandro\_Alaco](#):
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> Is it possible to change the **color** of the individual columns

But ask yourself, "why"? What do the colors mean?

Your example chart is clear, clean and allows easy comparison between values. Adding colors without good reason can increase cognitive load while the brain tries to understand what information is being communicated by the color.