Same data. Better choices.

About this exercise

One revenue-by-region dataset and a handful of design choices. Every change moves the clarity score, so you see decluttering principles at work.

How it works

1. Choose a chart type: bar, column, line or donut.
2. Pick a colour strategy, sort the values, highlight the leader and declutter the labels.
3. Reach a clarity score of 80 or more to complete the exercise.

Principles you practise

• A horizontal bar chart is a solid choice for comparing categories.
• Sorted descending — the ranking is instant.
• One calm accent. Colour stays available to mean something.
• Highlighting the top region gives the eye an instant answer to “who won?”.
• Decluttered — only the ink that carries meaning remains.

What to avoid

• A line implies a time order. Regions are categories — the line invents a trend that isn’t there.
• 7 slices is far too many for a donut. Angles this similar are impossible to compare.
• Every bar a different colour signals “these are different categories” — but they’re the same metric. Colour with no meaning is noise.
• Heavy value labels everywhere compete with the data. Strip what you don’t need.