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What Makes a Chart Ugly?

I know your charts are not entered in a beauty contest so what do I mean by ugly? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Therefore a chart that does not clearly get its point across is ugly.

There are three things that make a chart ugly:

* Lack of Focus

* Wrong Type of Chart

* Poor Color

There are two ways a chart can lack focus; unrelated variables and variables outside of the span of control.

A chart that shows unrelated variables lacks focus. Putting the Accounts Payable with Inventory and Share Price doesn’t make sense. It is like the Sesame Street game. One of these things is not like the others. Share Price is not directly related to either Inventory or Accounts Payable.