Comments on: Graph Styles http://realestate.mattgoyer.com/2008/06/30/graph-styles/ The tech behind the bubble Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:21:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: ethan http://realestate.mattgoyer.com/2008/06/30/graph-styles/#comment-8618 ethan Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:09:17 +0000 http://realestate.mattgoyer.com/?p=246#comment-8618 White looks better. As for the "jumping out" problem, just lighten all the other colors in the graph, like Apple's Numbers does by default. Make the black lines grey, the black numbers grey, and subdue the colors of the lines slightly. White looks better. As for the “jumping out” problem, just lighten all the other colors in the graph, like Apple’s Numbers does by default. Make the black lines grey, the black numbers grey, and subdue the colors of the lines slightly.

]]> By: Plecebo http://realestate.mattgoyer.com/2008/06/30/graph-styles/#comment-8608 Plecebo Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:25:12 +0000 http://realestate.mattgoyer.com/?p=246#comment-8608 I prefer the white background for the simple fact that it "looks" lighter. It has a lighter feel to the page, rather then being heavy. It could be simply the color style of this blog, and that if you threw up the chart onto a site with a completely different color scheme it would look better with a grey background. And it also (because the lines are thinner I think) looks more precise. Not that the data is different at all, but it *appears* that the chart with white background/thinner lines is plotting more data points. Perhaps I have a negative reaction to the grey chart because it looks too similar to a default excel chart for my tastes. Just my 2 cents I prefer the white background for the simple fact that it “looks” lighter.

It has a lighter feel to the page, rather then being heavy. It could be simply the color style of this blog, and that if you threw up the chart onto a site with a completely different color scheme it would look better with a grey background.

And it also (because the lines are thinner I think) looks more precise. Not that the data is different at all, but it *appears* that the chart with white background/thinner lines is plotting more data points.

Perhaps I have a negative reaction to the grey chart because it looks too similar to a default excel chart for my tastes.

Just my 2 cents

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