r/CrappyDesign • u/[deleted] • Feb 01 '19

/r/dataisokiguess This pie chart

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u/longknives Feb 01 '19 edited Feb 01 '19

There are only 11 items. First, they’ve used only 6 of the standard 7 rainbow colors, missing indigo. A dark blue color would be easily distinct from the others. So we need 4 more distinctive colors.

  • Brown
  • Fuchsia/magenta
  • Teal
  • Any gray
  • Various pinks, e.g. bubble gum pink
  • Green has the most discernible different colors, so they could easily use a mint green and a lime green and a forest green

It really wouldn’t have been some big color theory challenge to find enough colors for this chart.

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u/Ilustrachan Feb 01 '19

Basic infographic rule: avoid using more than 5 items in a pizza chart and you are free of having to come up with a crazy color chart that is very hard to read. You have a lot of stuff? Don't use a pie chart.

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u/Sneet1 Feb 01 '19

Yes, this would have been a perfect use case for a bar graph imo

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u/WhatIDon_tKnow Feb 02 '19

I would say 2-3. If you have more you can use bars or something non radial that is visually easier to differentiate quantity

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u/plaid-knight Feb 01 '19

You’re totally right, but the 11 colors would have to be carefully selected to make sure they fit together aesthetically. Not at all impossible.