Gradient

If you specify a Back Gradient Type, a Back Color and a Back Gradient End Color, the background color will gradually shift from one color to another. To use gradient colors for a chart element's background:

1. Set the primary color via the Back Color property.
2. Set the secondary color via this Back Gradient End Color property.
3. Set the Back Gradient Type property to the desired gradient style.

Note: In charts, color gradients can skew the viewer's perception of the colors and can blur edges and boundaries. Both these effects could lead to misinterpretation of the data, so care should be taken to ensure any gradients used cannot cause problems.

Back Gradient End Color

This property determines the secondary background color of the chart object when gradient colors are applied.

Back Gradient Type

This property determines the orientation of a chart element's gradient fill. Click the down-arrow to open a drop-down list of the available types, and select the desired type from the list. The options are:

• None - no color gradient is applied to the object and the Back Gradient End Color value is ignored.
• LeftRight - the color changes from the Back Color value to the Back Gradient End Color value, and the gradient progresses across the chart from left to right.
• TopBottom - the color changes from the Back Color value to the Back Gradient End Color value, and the gradient progresses across the chart from top to bottom.
• Center - the color gradient progresses across the chart from the center to the outside edge.
• DiagonalLeft - the color gradient progresses across the chart from the upper-left corner to the lower-right corner.
• DiagonalRight - the color gradient progresses across the chart from the upper-right corner to the lower-left corner.
• HorizontalCenter - the color gradient progresses across the chart from the upper and lower edges to the center.
• VerticalCenter - the color gradient progresses across the chart from the left and right edges to the center.