

Polygon outlines ( stroke symbol layers) are solid gray lines. The color scheme is applied to the fills of the polygon symbols. The color scheme is applied to the fills ( fill symbol layers) of the polygon symbols.
#GRADIENT MAP UPDATE#
To update all symbol layers to match the color scheme target setting, click the More drop-down menu and click Regenerate all symbols. Symbol layers that are color locked are not updated by changes to the color scheme, regardless of the color scheme target setting. This is to ensure that customized symbology is not lost. For example, when you set the color scheme target to Apply to outline, the fill symbol layers are not updated and setting it to Apply to fill does not alter the outlines of the polygons. When you change the color scheme target, the other symbol layers of the polygons symbolizing each symbol class are not updated. You can apply the colors to the polygon fills, outlines, or both. If you are symbolizing polygons, click the Color scheme options button to choose the target for the color scheme. (Press Shift or Ctrl while clicking in the Upper value or Label columns to select symbol classes.) With symbol class rows selected, choose a color scheme from the Color scheme drop-down list at the top of the Symbology pane.Ĭlick the Clear Selection button to unselect symbol classes if necessary. To apply the color scheme to a subset of symbol classes only, select those classes by highlighting them on the table on the Classes tab in the Symbology pane. The colors in the color scheme are applied to all symbol classes by default. The Scales tab is where you specify the scale ranges in which each symbol class draws.The Histogram tab is where you view and edit the data ranges of the symbol classes.The Classes tab is where you manage symbols, manually assign values to classes, create descriptive labels, and group the symbol classes.The Primary symbology tab has three subtabs to establish graduated color symbology: Graduated color symbology can be based on an attribute field in the dataset, or you can write an Arcade expression to generate numeric values on which to symbolize. This choropleth map uses a diverging color scheme to show net migrant population growth or loss by district in the Czech Republic. This forces the upper end of one class and the lower end of the next class to use the critical break value. You can do this by adding a critical break to that symbol class and then applying a diverging color scheme. Rather than use a continuous color scheme with a midrange color applied to the values near 0, you want to clearly highlight that 0 is an inflection point in the data distribution. For instance, data showing positive and negative change may vary around a value of 0. When classifying data, your data may vary around a specific value that is important to maintain, such as a median value or any other significant threshold. Sufficient variation to make them distinguishable from one another. This means you can design a custom set of colors that have Although symbol color is applied from a color scheme, you can modify the color of each symbol class. Avoid using too many classes, especially if you are using light colors. A range of seven colors is the approximate upper limit of colors that can be clearly distinguished on a map. Magnitude of a phenomenon because you can distinguish variations in color if there are relatively few classes. Symbol color is an effective way to represent differences in Typically, you choose a continuous color scheme to apply different shades of the same color so that lighter shades match lower data values and darker shades match higher data values. Maps that vary in color this way are usually called choropleth maps. Has five classes, five different symbol colors are assigned. For instance, if your classification scheme Data isĬlassified into ranges that are each assigned a different color from a color scheme to Graduated color symbology is used to show a quantitative differenceīetween mapped features by varying the color of symbols. Vary graduated color symbology by transparency, rotation, or size.
