Identify when color is being used as visual drama rather than accurate dashboard signal.
A dramatic color cue can exaggerate a small movement. Find the misleading visual cue: the one that makes a routine movement look like a crisis. Intensely colored line chart with a small movement Correct. The color is louder than the magnitude. Pre-attentive salience should match a meaningful threshold, not routine variation. Neutral trend card with a modest line This is less risky because the visual treatment does not overclaim urgency. A neutral trend can still be read against scale and baseline. Grouped driver cards below the main chart Grouped drivers are useful when they explain the outcome. The issue is…
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