Published: 07 May 2015 Last Modified Date: 28 May 2020
Issue
In the Edit Color dialog, only the first 20 colors in a palette appear.
In the Color Legend, select the drop-down in the upper-right hand corner
Select Edit Colors
In the pop-up dialog only 20 colors will appear in the color palette, even if there are over 20 available colors in the palette
Environment
Tableau Desktop
Resolution
Option 1. Split the Palette Split the color palette into multiple custom color palettes of no more than 20 colors Example: <preferences> <color-palette name="My Categorical Palette 1" type="regular"> <color>#eb912b</color> <color>#7099a5</color> .... </color-palette> <color-palette name="My Categorical Palette 2" type="regular"> <color>#FFFFFF</color> <color>#FFFAFA</color> .... </color-palette> </preferences>
Option 2. Auto-Assign the palette While only 20 colors may appear, all colors exist in the palette and will be assigned when using the Assign Palette option in the Edit Colors dialog.
Cause
By design, Tableau will not show more than 20 colors in the edit colors dialog.
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