A color-coded flowchart is friendly though, what color(s) should it be?

[Caleb McElrath]

Hello All, My question is whether there are best practices around color-coding flow-charts and similar diagrams. Do certain colors belong to certain symbols? (such as Yellow for "decisions" while green for "data") If so, what are they? Are there resources online that you know of regarding this?

[Not Active]

There are no standards that I'm aware of. I've never used colors for these, just simple black & white. Whatever works best for your audience and communicates the message.

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[R Giskard Reventlov]

Just be consistent and use colors that make it easy to read.

"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me

[senguptaamlan]

Why not to use the traffic signal color coding....it will make much more sense :)...at least you need not need to provide legends to the users.

[Caleb McElrath]

Thank you all for your input.

[Hermaine]

you're welcome.... even if i don't have an input here... haha. ;) hermaine...",)

[Vivi Chellappa]

In 1971 (yes, 40+ years back), a book came out on Flowcharting. The book contained the usual blurbs on the dust jacket, including one about how the book even covered sharpening the pencil. But the most telling one was: Flowcharting is for the mentally retarded. Honest.