Building analytic dashboards : About data visualization gadgets : Using the color picker
 
Using the color picker
The dashboard developer can customize displayed colors in many parts of data visualization gadgets, such as backgrounds, borders, fonts, and grids.
Color pickers support the following ways to select a color:
*Selecting Auto to use a default color
*Selecting from a preset group of basic colors
*Typing an RGB color or hexadecimal value using Custom Colors
*Using the spectrum bar and gradient box to select a color using Custom Colors
When using the spectrum bar and gradient box, the color is displayed in the color preview box. The RGB and hexadecimal value are shown, as in Figure 4‑16.
Figure 4‑16 Selecting a color from a color picker