Color-vision-friendly themes: adjusting divergent and sentiment color palettes

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Answer Correct answer: C, D — divergent colors restyle the table's gradient, and sentiment colors restyle the waterfall and KPI defaults.

You are configuring a Power BI report for accessibility as shown in the following table. You need to change the default colors of all three visuals to make the report more accessible to users who have color vision deficiency. Which two settings should you configure in the Customize theme window? Each correct answer presents part of the solution. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point. - image

  1. First-level elements colors
  2. Theme colors
  3. Divergent colors Correct Answer
  4. Sentiment colors Correct Answer
divergent colors theme sentiment colors color vision deficiency

Community Votes

BC
67%
CD
33%

67% of anonymous learners picked answer BC. Votes are pick records left by other test-takers — they are not the verified answer.

Community Insight

Each visual's default colors come from a distinct theme palette: the table's gradient uses divergent colors, while the waterfall's increase/decrease and the KPI's good/bad colors use sentiment colors — changing those two palettes recolors all three visuals.

A report with three visuals — a KPI card with a goal indicator, a table using a blue-to-white conditional-formatting gradient, and a waterfall chart with green increase and red decrease bars — needs default colors changed for color vision deficiency through two theme settings.

Changing theme colors instead of sentiment colors — the general theme palette drives chart series colors, not the semantic good/bad reds and greens that cause the actual color-vision problem in the waterfall and KPI.

Community Discussion (6 comments)

desibaby09 👍 2 Selected: BC
B- theme colors cause you can customize it yourself C- Divergent specifically address color blind users D is not correct because it uses colors like RED, GREEN, which hurts visual impaired users
jaume 👍 1 Selected: BD
In a PBI report you can customize Theme colors (View > Customize Theme > Name and colors) setting colors for three different palettes: Theme colors: standard colors for the entire report Sentiment colors: colors used fot KPIs and WATERFALL charts (positive/negative/neutral values) Divergent colors: colors used in conditional formatting (to set Gradient) Since our PBI report has a table, a KPI and a Waterfall chart, solution must be B & D Theme colors are the ones used in the table Sentiment colors are the ones used in the KPI and the Waterfall
FraGuara 👍 1
In my opinion: B and C Sentiment colors are assigned to visuals like waterfall charts and KPIs, so adjusting them will impact two of the three visuals in our report. Divergent colors are used with gradient colors in conditional formatting, which applies to the third visual. Adjusting these settings will therefore modify all visuals in the report accordingly.
f3ecb98 👍 4 Selected: CD
The table uses the default colors of conditional formatting to show values in a range. These are the so-called "Divergent colors". The waterfall chart is one of the visuals that use "sentiment colors" as default colors. I don't see any theme colors benig used in the report except for the start and end values in the waterfall chart, so I wouldn't pick "Theme colors" in my answer...
9d92039 👍 4 Selected: BC
theme and divergent
9d92039 👍 2 Selected: BC
Divergent colors for accessibility issues; sentiment is for rules

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Expert Analysis

Why the Answer Is Correct

The screenshot shows the table's conditional formatting running on a diverging blue-white gradient, which the Customize theme window exposes as Divergent colors (C); adjusting that palette restyles the table for color-deficient users. The waterfall chart's green Increase and red Decrease bars and the KPI card's green goal indicator are governed by Sentiment colors (D), so adjusting that palette recolors both remaining visuals. Together C and D cover all three visuals' default colors.

Why the Other Options Are Wrong

Theme colors (B) set the default series colors for standard chart visuals, but they do not control the sentiment palette behind waterfall increase/decrease and KPI indicators, so picking B alongside C would leave the waterfall and KPI in their problematic red-green defaults. First-level element colors (A) govern background, foreground, and surface colors of report elements, not the data-encoded colors the question targets.

Community Comment Notes

A highly endorsed comment identifies the table's conditional formatting as divergent colors and the waterfall as sentiment colors, supporting C and D. A commenter favoring B and C claims sentiment colors hurt visually impaired users — but that is precisely why the sentiment palette must be changed, not skipped; their own description of the waterfall's red-green defaults confirms D is needed.

Official Reference

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/create-reports/desktop-report-themes

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