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Where can I get lots of distinguishable colors for a chart? [closed]

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I'm looking for a list of about thirty colors (RGB values) that are sufficently different so that when used in a bar chart the user can match each bar to that color in the legend.

Does anyone have such a list of colors?

Thanks,

AJ

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AJ. Avatar asked Mar 02 '10 12:03

AJ.


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2 Answers

More color dictionaries than you can shake a stick at. I recommend looking at "small" or "medium".

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Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Avatar answered Oct 03 '22 13:10

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams


Hows about constructing the colour from HSV or HSL and dividing the complete range of the hue part into however many bars you are using

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jk. Avatar answered Oct 03 '22 13:10

jk.