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james_butler
Contributor III
Contributor III

Background Colours

Hi

I'm looking to create a Heat Chart and wanted to use several colours. Do you know where I can get a list of colours available?

Thanks in advance

James

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Nicole-Smith
MVP
MVP

You can create any color that you'd like using the RGB() function.  Just enter your red, green, and blue values.

james_butler
Contributor III
Contributor III
Author

Thanks Nicole. I’m not familiar with the RBG() formula. Ideally I would like to see a list of colours and what they are called.

Nicole-Smith
MVP
MVP

If you need help finding RGB values, this is a tool that I use: www.colorpicker.com

Nicole-Smith
MVP
MVP

Also, if you go to Color in the QV Help, it will give you a list of some built in colors that QV has (like green(), blue(), etc.):

james_butler
Contributor III
Contributor III
Author

Does QV allow you to import your own colours then?

Nicole-Smith
MVP
MVP

If you're making a heat map, you need to set the colors in one of two spots:

or

See the attached for an example.

james_butler
Contributor III
Contributor III
Author

Thanks Nicole

Anonymous
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Nicole : you are amazing !

CB.