Colors are great when used properly in maps or graphs, but how do you decide what colors 'work'? A good place to start would be the Data Visualization Checklist created by Stephanie Evergreen and Ann Emery (plus, follow their excellent blogs!). Ann has a recent post called Please: Don't Use Default Colors In Your Chart with a series of specific suggestions - here's a good one for color palettes:
Go to design seeds, decide which color palette you like, hover over the color patches, and use the HEX codes - easy!
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