Make your Bar chart interesting!

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When it comes to visualising the number that presents the quantity and comparison, there are a lot of types of charts to use.

Pie chart? 🤔 But let’s save the pie chart for dessert. You can find out more here
Line chart? 🤔It is recommended to use it for presenting trends, rather than comparison.
Bar chart? 🤔It is a very simple type of chart that is often used for the purpose of comparison

Present data using a Bar chart?

Hmmm, can we do something to make it more interesting? Why not? Let's utilize the colour shades, play around with the weight and height, or even some mathematical shapes, such as circles or rectangles. As a bonus, it may save you lots of space in the design!

Here are a few approaches to take a look at:

Visualized through colour shades

Visualized through colour shades

Colour with different shades can present the density, level, and scale. The darker the colour is, the more intense the meaning is, and vice versa. In this case, the box has the darkest colour shade has the highest number of votes.

2. Visualized through colour shades & dimension