Specifying the Color of Each Bar Or Column in the Data Series

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You can specify the color of each bar/column in the data series PlotElementLoaded event using the following code:

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var palette = new Brush[] { Brushes.Red, Brushes.Plum, Brushes.Purple }; dataSeries.PlotElementLoaded += (s, e) => { PlotElement pe = (PlotElement)s; if (pe.DataPoint.PointIndex >= 0) pe.Fill = palette[pe.DataPoint.PointIndex % palette.Length]; };

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var palette = new Brush[] { Brushes.Red, Brushes.Plum, Brushes.Purple };
      dataSeries.PlotElementLoaded += (s, e) =>
        {
          PlotElement pe = (PlotElement)s;
          if (pe.DataPoint.PointIndex >= 0)
            pe.Fill = palette[pe.DataPoint.PointIndex % palette.Length];
        };