How to change Excel chart series color in C#, VB.NET?
Syncfusion Excel (XlsIO) library is a .NET Excel library used to create, read, and edit Excel documents. Also, converts Excel documents to PDF files. Using this library, you can change Excel chart series color in C#, VB.NET.
Series for which you need to change the color in chart shape has to be accessed and stored in a serie object of IChartSerie interface. Then the data points need to be accessed and foreground color index must be set to change Excel chart series color.
Steps to change Excel chart series color, programmatically:
Step 1: Create a new C# console application project.
Create a new C# console application
Step 2: Install the Syncfusion.XlsIO.WinForms NuGet package as reference to your .NET Framework application from NuGet.org.
Install NuGet package
Step 3: Include the following namespace in the Program.cs file.
C#
using Syncfusion.XlsIO;
VB.NET
Imports Syncfusion.XlsIO
Step 4: Use the following code snippet to change Excel chart series color in C#, VB.NET.
C#
using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
{
//Instantiate the application object
IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
//Add a workbook
IWorkbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Create(1);
//The first worksheet object in the worksheets collection is accessed
IWorksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];
worksheet.Name = "First Chart";
//Entering the chart data
worksheet.Range["A1"].Text = "Texas books Unit sales";
worksheet.Range["A1:D1"].Merge();
worksheet.Range["A1"].CellStyle.Font.Bold = true;
worksheet.Range["B2"].Text = "Jan";
worksheet.Range["C2"].Text = "Feb";
worksheet.Range["D2"].Text = "Mar";
worksheet.Range["A3"].Text = "Austin";
worksheet.Range["A4"].Text = "Dallas";
worksheet.Range["A5"].Text = "Houston";
worksheet.Range["A6"].Text = "San Antonio";
worksheet.Range["B3"].Number = 53.75;
worksheet.Range["B4"].Number = 52.85;
worksheet.Range["B5"].Number = 59.77;
worksheet.Range["B6"].Number = 96.15;
worksheet.Range["C3"].Number = 79.79;
worksheet.Range["C4"].Number = 59.22;
worksheet.Range["C5"].Number = 10.09;
worksheet.Range["C6"].Number = 73.02;
worksheet.Range["D3"].Number = 26.72;
worksheet.Range["D4"].Number = 33.71;
worksheet.Range["D5"].Number = 45.81;
worksheet.Range["D6"].Number = 12.17;
//Adding a New (Embedded chart) to the worksheet
IChartShape shape = worksheet.Charts.Add();
shape.ChartType = ExcelChartType.Column_Clustered;
shape.DataRange = worksheet.Range["B3:D6"];
shape.IsSeriesInRows = false;
shape.PrimaryCategoryAxis.Title = "City";
shape.PrimaryCategoryAxis.CategoryLabels = worksheet["A3:A6"];
shape.PrimaryValueAxis.Title = "Sales (in Dollars)";
shape.ChartTitle = "Texas Books Unit Sales";
shape.HasDataTable = true;
//Setting the serie names
IChartSerie serieOne = shape.Series[0];
serieOne.Name = "Jan";
IChartSerie serietwo = shape.Series[1];
serietwo.Name = "Feb";
IChartSerie seriethree = shape.Series[2];
seriethree.Name = "March";
//Changing the series color
serietwo.DataPoints.DefaultDataPoint.DataFormat.AreaProperties.ForegroundColorIndex = ExcelKnownColors.Red;
//Save the file
workbook.SaveAs("Output.xlsx");
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("Output.xlsx");}
VB.NET
Using excelEngine As ExcelEngine = New ExcelEngine()
'Instantiate the application object
Dim application As IApplication = excelEngine.Excel
'Add a workbook
Dim workbook As IWorkbook = application.Workbooks.Create(1)
'The first worksheet object in the worksheets collection is accessed
Dim worksheet As IWorksheet = workbook.Worksheets(0)
worksheet.Name = "First Chart"
'Entering the chart data
worksheet.Range("A1").Text = "Texas books Unit sales"
worksheet.Range("A1:D1").Merge()
worksheet.Range("A1").CellStyle.Font.Bold = True
worksheet.Range("B2").Text = "Jan"
worksheet.Range("C2").Text = "Feb"
worksheet.Range("D2").Text = "Mar"
worksheet.Range("A3").Text = "Austin"
worksheet.Range("A4").Text = "Dallas"
worksheet.Range("A5").Text = "Houston"
worksheet.Range("A6").Text = "San Antonio"
worksheet.Range("B3").Number = 53.75
worksheet.Range("B4").Number = 52.85
worksheet.Range("B5").Number = 59.77
worksheet.Range("B6").Number = 96.15
worksheet.Range("C3").Number = 79.79
worksheet.Range("C4").Number = 59.22
worksheet.Range("C5").Number = 10.09
worksheet.Range("C6").Number = 73.02
worksheet.Range("D3").Number = 26.72
worksheet.Range("D4").Number = 33.71
worksheet.Range("D5").Number = 45.81
worksheet.Range("D6").Number = 12.17
'Adding a New (Embedded chart) to the Worksheet
Dim shape As IChartShape = worksheet.Charts.Add()
shape.ChartType = ExcelChartType.Column_Clustered
shape.DataRange = worksheet.Range("B3:D6")
shape.IsSeriesInRows = False
shape.PrimaryCategoryAxis.Title = "City"
shape.PrimaryCategoryAxis.CategoryLabels = worksheet("A3:A6")
shape.PrimaryValueAxis.Title = "Sales (in Dollars)"
shape.ChartTitle = "Texas Books Unit Sales"
shape.HasDataTable = True
'Setting the serie names
Dim serieOne As IChartSerie = shape.Series(0)
serieOne.Name = "Jan"
Dim serietwo As IChartSerie = shape.Series(1)
serietwo.Name = "Feb"
Dim seriethree As IChartSerie = shape.Series(2)
seriethree.Name = "March"
'Changing the series color
serietwo.DataPoints.DefaultDataPoint.DataFormat.AreaProperties.ForegroundColorIndex = ExcelKnownColors.Red
'Save the file
workbook.SaveAs("Output.xlsx")
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("Output.xlsx")
End Using
A complete Windows Forms working example of how to change Excel chart series color in C# and VB can be downloaded from Change Excel Chart Series Color.zip.
By executing the program, you will get the output Excel file as shown below.
Output Excel document
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