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April 29, 2022
Question

7 colour palette

  • April 29, 2022
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Helo community

I am preparing a pie chart with seven categories. Originally I used shades of pink to colour the different categories, but it was difficult to differenciate them when looking at it, so I added a blue tone to every second category. 

 

However, I am not satisfied. 

When I search in adofe colours the palettes normally contain only 5 colours.. 

Do you have any tips how to solve this? 

Because of my topic I would prefer pink as main colour, and an additional, f. eks blue..

 

Lorentz

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kphotopage
Legend
May 1, 2022

Lorentz, Hi.

 

As Doug mentioned, you are not restricted to 5 colors.

You can create you own swatches.

One such way is by using Blend Steps.

 

Let’s see, you are wanting some pinks and blues.

 

Here I started with 4, pinks and blues.

Object>Blend. I used Blend Steps 5

Do the top two, then the bottom two.

Object>Blend>Expand.

 

Now take those two Groups and Blend again.

Expand.

 

Select all, Swatches panel, Create a New Color Group.

 

There you go, now you have a choice of 49 pink and blues to choose from.

 

K

Anna Lander
Inspiring
April 29, 2022

Adobe Color palettes show you the main colors which work well together. You can choose 2-3 main suitable colors and create their shading as you need. So you will have a harmonious look for your artwork.

Doug A Roberts
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 29, 2022

I'm not sure I understand your issue. Adobe colour palettes are just guides, you don't need to restrict yourself to five colours.