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Defines how the NHS Business Services Authority provides digital services
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Data Visualisation section - colour guidelines #168

Open Helen326 opened 1 year ago

Helen326 commented 1 year ago

What

The use of colour can change depending on the context and data visualisation choices. This section would act as a guide on what to consider and useful links.

Why

To cover topics such as the colour palette, colour accessibility, how to use colour for categorical and sequential data, how to pull focus on charts, text colour, background colour, etc.

Anything else

This is the draft of colour guidance: NHSBSA DV Colour guidelines.docx

Helen326 commented 1 year ago

comment from Shevon: add in 20%s for NHS.

The top bar in each case shows the solid (100%) value of the colour and the bars below show decreasing values from 80% to 20%. It is acceptable to use tints of the colours. Any % value is accepted as long as it is visible, clear and accessible.

https://www.england.nhs.uk/nhsidentity/identity-guidelines/colours/#:~:text=use%20of%20highlights.-,Using%20tints,-Tints%20are%20percentage