Color schemes and palettes
Chart.js does not include a native color palette generator. In our examples so far, we have either assigned explicit colors, created color palettes with no more than six colors, or used random color-generator functions. But colors are an important means of communicating information in a chart, and should be chosen carefully. If not used with care, your chart may suggest nonexistent relationships among data, deceiving the viewer. Colors that vary in lightness and saturation suggest a sequential relationship (stronger/weaker or hotter/colder). Opposing data can be better represented using divergent color palettes, where extremes are represented by complementary colors. If your data represents different categories, ...
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