Usage

Categorical colors, also known as qualitative colors, are best used when you want to represent distinct groups or categories of data that have no inherent order or ranking.

• Distinguishing categories: Use categorical colors to help viewers easily differentiate between different categories or groups in your data. For example, different product lines, regions, or customer segments.
• Nominal data: Categorical colors are ideal for visualizing nominal data, where the data points are names or labels used to divide something into discrete categories.
• Charts with multiple series: When creating charts like bar charts, pie charts, or line charts with multiple series, use categorical colors to assign a unique color to each series.