Icons add a color-independent sales status cue for color-deficient users

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Answer Correct answer: D — status icons convey sales status by shape, independent of how the colors render.

You have a Power BI report that contains the visual shown in the following exhibit. You need to make the visual more accessible to users who have color vision deficiency. What should you do? - image

  1. Change the font color of values in the Sales column to white.
  2. Change the red background color to orange.
  3. Add additional measures to the table values.
  4. Add icons to represent the sales status of each product. Correct Answer
status icons color independent encoding accessibility visual

Community Votes

D
100%

100% of anonymous learners picked answer D. Votes are pick records left by other test-takers — they are not the verified answer.

Community Insight

Icons encode status by shape rather than hue, so adding an icon per product's sales status gives color-deficient users a channel that does not depend on distinguishing red from green.

A visual's sales status is currently communicated through colors that color-vision-deficient users cannot reliably distinguish, and the visual must be made more accessible.

Changing one background color for another (red to orange) — that stays inside the color channel and may still collide with the deficiency; the fix is adding a non-color encoding, not picking friendlier colors.

Community Discussion (5 comments)

b92fc92 👍 9
D in my opinion
MANANDAVEY 👍 1 Selected: D
D is correct.
jaume 👍 2
"color vision deficiency" so options A and B wouldn't work as it would still be about colouring different values. Icons would support people with color deficiency to get the comparison in the visual
LuluSkyy 👍 1
D is the correct answer
ak57 👍 1
I agree with D

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Expert Analysis

Why the Answer Is Correct

Accessibility best practice is to never rely on color as the sole conveyor of meaning. Adding icons that represent each product's sales status (D) layers shape-based encoding on top of the existing colors, so users with color vision deficiency can read the status from the icon shapes regardless of how the colors appear to them.

Why the Other Options Are Wrong

Changing the Sales column font to white (A) adjusts text contrast for the values but does nothing about the status colors the requirement targets. Changing red to orange (B) swaps one color for another — users with certain deficiencies may still merge the hues, and the encoding remains color-only. Adding more measures to the table values (C) changes the data shown, not how status is communicated, and adds cognitive load rather than accessibility.

Community Comment Notes

A commenter explains that options A and B remain color-based while icons give color-deficient users a reliable comparison channel, endorsing D. The unanimous vote agrees.

Official Reference

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/create-reports/desktop-accessibility-creating-reports

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