A gallery of Beautiful Charts for Excel part 4

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I saw these couple of charts from the Standard Chartered Bank website.
Things I like about it:

  1. Fresh colour scheme. Blues and greens work well together.
  2. Bold titles that explain the intentions of each chart.
  3. Each chart has an Increase/Decrease call out to emphasize the conclusion from the data trend.
  4. Overall it’s a format that is pleasing to the eyes and easy to understand. Great job!

I hate pie charts for many reasons. But in this case, this particular pie tastes pretty good for the following reasons:

  1. It looks pretty. Very nice color scheme . The green & blue hues fits nicely like Lego blocks.
  2. Sorted and group slices with the biggest slices at the bottom. I can easily make out which slices are bigger.
  3. I don’t feel confused. This pie chart uses only 6 slices which I can mentally organize in my head.
  4. Overall clarity is well maintained with the skillful use of color, slice size sorting and small number of slices.

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