Tile & chart styling
Farseer lets you style dashboard content at three levels: the tile frame (name, background, borders), the chart itself (colors, fills, palettes), and individual rows or data points. This article covers all of them.
Tile Name & Style
Name & style options
Tiles can be visually customized by defining the name, background color, border color, shadow toggle, subtitle, and footnote. These options are accessible through the three-dot (...) menu next to the tile name field.
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Chart Colors
Chart series colors are configured in Row/Column Options in the Edit sidebar. Each row (or column, depending on orientation) has its own color swatch that controls how that series appears in the chart.
Palettes
Farseer includes 5 predefined palettes: Default, Alternate, Contrast, Monochrome, and Grey. Selecting a palette applies its colors to all rows in order — the first row gets the first color, the second row gets the second, and so on. If there are more rows than colors, the palette wraps around.
You can also save custom palettes (up to 7). To do this:
Set individual colors on each row to your liking
Open the palette picker
Click Save as palette
Your current row colors are saved as a reusable palette. You can also set any palette as your default, so new tiles start with your preferred colors.
Color Picker
The color picker
Clicking a row's color swatch opens the color picker. It offers:
Predefined swatches: A grid of preset colors ranging from light to dark
Custom colors: Up to 7 recently used custom colors, remembered per user
Custom picker: A full HSV color picker with hex input for precise color selection
Color Modes
Chart color modes
Each row's color swatch supports three coloring modes, selectable via a toggle at the top of the color picker.
Static
The default mode. A single solid color is used for all data points in the series, regardless of their value.
By Value
Colors each data point based on whether its value is positive, negative, or zero. When selected, the picker switches to three color slots:
Positive: Color for values above zero (default: green)
Negative: Color for values below zero (default: red)
Neutral: Color for zero values (default: dark)
Useful for variance charts, P&L views, or any visualization where the sign of a value matters.
By Trend
Colors data points based on whether they represent an upward or downward movement. This is primarily used in waterfall charts where each bar shows a gain or loss relative to the running total.
Like By Value, you define positive, negative, and neutral colors. An additional option — Color totals by value — controls whether total bars also receive trend-based coloring or remain in their default color.
Fill Patterns
In addition to color, each swatch supports a fill pattern:
Solid: Standard filled color (default)
Outline: Hollow shape with a colored border only
Hatched: Diagonal striped fill
Patterns are useful for distinguishing series in printed or black-and-white contexts, or for visually separating forecast data from actuals on the same chart. This helps you align with IBCS standards.