00:00hi everyone in this video i will show you how to change color of pie chart in excel
00:05changing color of pie chart in microsoft excel gives you few extra shortcuts since it's a
00:11built-in specifically for the data you can change the theme of the entire chart instantly your
00:18customized individual slices to highlight your most important number so here is the quick step
00:24by step guide so if you want a fast cohesive look for the whole chart use the built-in color
00:30palette
00:30for this you need to click anywhere on the your pie chart so this will make two new tabs appear
00:37in the
00:38top ribbon chart design and the format so go to the chart design tab and and click the change button
00:47colors in the chart style group and choose a palette from the drop down menu there are
00:53two options available one is the colorful and second is the monochromatic the colorful option
00:59is the perfect for making every slice distinctive and easy to tell apart like this one however
01:06the monochromatic uses different shades of the same color for a sleek and corporate look
01:16like this one so if you want to draw attention to one specific data
01:21data point you can change slices color individually for this you need to click once on the pie chart
01:28this selects the entire data series you will see selection dots on every slices and now click
01:36a second time directly on the specific slice you want to change it like this one make sure the
01:41selection dots are only showing around that single slice and now right click that specific slice and select format data
01:49point
01:51so a formatting pane will open on the right side of your screen so in the pane click the fill
01:57and line
01:57icon the spilling paint bucket here it is so expand the fill selection and select the solid fill and click
02:07the color
02:08bucket icon to pick your new color like red one you can increase or decrease the transparency of that
02:16color change the color of the second slice click on that click on fill click on the solid fill and
02:23go to the color and change the color to yellow so moreover xo has a built-in shortcut menu right
02:30next to
02:30the chart for a quick formatting so for this you need to click on the your pie chart click on
02:35the chart designs
02:36and click on the chart styles button and that appears outside the top corner of the chart area and select
02:45the
02:45pre-built styles like this one i hope now you understand how you can change color of pie chart in
02:53excel if
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