# Color

Click the ‘Use new color formatting’ checkbox to use the new color options. This will allow you to color your dimensions, individually. When not using the new color formatting option, the Mark Colors will be colored by sorting order. This will allow you to customize your dashboard greatly!

#### Background color

Use the circle to open the color palette to change the background color of your Sankey Diagram.

#### Color by

#### Same values have the same colors

Where your dataset shows the same value, your Circular Sankey Diagram will display the same color. This can be helpful to show exact matches, within different categories.  When choosing this you will be presented with all the dimension members available, click on each palette to edit.

#### One color

Have a single color running through your diagram instead of multiple. The first color on your ‘Mark colors’ will be the color shown.

#### Color links by

Here you can decide how you would like the links from your nodes to be colored by.

#### Circular – none circular

The links will be greyed out

#### Input – output (Gradient)

Links will show a gradient from input color to output.

#### Input

Links will be colored with the input nodes color.

#### Output

Links will be colored with the output nodes color.

### Mark colors

The mark colors can be changed individually by clicking on each one to open the color palette. The order of the mark colors will be the order of the color of the nodes.

#### Select colors for dimensions: (New color formatting only)

Click on the color palette that’s alongside your chosen dimensions to choose their color. (This will only work when having ‘Same values have the same colors’ option selected.

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