You can change the default color of chart, graph, treemap, etc. in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint with the helpof these simple steps.

How to Format a Color Chart in Excel. Microsoft Excel gives you a boatload of options for changing the format of color charts. You can change the layout of a chart, then customize that layout to ...

How to Change the Color Coding on a Microsoft Excel Graph Legend. Color can make it easier for people to identify important information, such as legends on an Excel graph.

Click the Chart Styles button (the icon is a paintbrush) to change the style or color of your chart. Styles include hollow columns, different backgrounds, reverse video, gradients, and other options.

You can make a bar graph in Excel by first selecting the range you want to depict, and then using the dropdown menu to select the desired chart.